Fairfield First School
Fairfield First School is a converter academy in Bromsgrove for boys and girls aged 5 to 9. It has 145 pupils and room for 150. About 5 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2020.
Stourbridge Road, Fairfield, Bromsgrove, B61 9LZ01527 873081fairfield.worcs.sch.ukMr Scott Smith headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 25 February 2020, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A later, shorter visit on 20 May 2025 said: “Standards maintained”.
This inspection is more than 6 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2025 | Ungraded | Standards maintained |
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
The last child to get a place lived 2.1 miles away in 2026, 1.7 miles away in 2025, 1.8 miles away in 2024. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child in the catchment area who applied got a place. Outside the catchment, the last place went to a child living 2.1 miles away.
| Entry | Places | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 30 | 2.1 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2025 Primary | 30 | 1.7 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2024 Primary | 30 | 1.8 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2023 Primary | 30 | 2.2 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2022 Primary | 30 | 1.9 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2021 Primary | 30 | – all offered | LA |
| 2020 Primary | 30 | 3.0 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.
What a home within 1.8 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 28.5 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (5), emotional and mental health (3), Specific learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Moderate learning difficulty (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (2).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 1.2% | 1.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 1.1% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 3.5% | 4.4% | 2.7% | 10.2% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Fairfield First School, the school this one replaced in September 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catshill Middle School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 424 | Good 2022 | 71 | Compare |
| Catshill First School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 315 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
| Belbroughton CofE Primary School | Church of England | 2.1 miles | 174 | Not inspected | 81 | Compare |
| Dodford First School | Council | 2.1 miles | 65 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| Lickey End First School | Council | 2.1 miles | 147 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| The Orchards School | Academy | 2.2 miles | 230 | Good 2024 | 29 | Compare |
| Holywell Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 2.3 miles | 410 | Requires improvement 2021 | 11 | Compare |
| Meadows First School | Academy | 2.5 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Fairfield First School a good school?
Fairfield First School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2020.
What is Fairfield First School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Fairfield First School good at its last full inspection on 25 February 2020. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Fairfield First School have?
145 pupils aged 5 to 9 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 150 places, so it is 97% full.
Is Fairfield First School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 2.1 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Fairfield First School?
Pupils were in school 96.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 3% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Fairfield First School?
The average class had 29.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Stourbridge Road, Fairfield, Bromsgrove, B61 9LZ
- Telephone
- 01527 873081
- Website
- www.fairfield.worcs.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Scott Smith
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 5-9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Aequalis Education Trust (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Ward
- Belbroughton & Romsley
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151581 · LAESTAB 8852047 · UKPRN 10097417
- Formerly
- Fairfield First School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Worcestershire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.