Fairfield Infant School
Fairfield Infant School is a converter academy in Felixstowe for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 294 pupils, 24 more than it has places for. About 12 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 2023.
High Road West, Felixstowe, IP11 9JB01394 283206fairfieldandcolneis.co.ukMr Mark Girling acting headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 22 February 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Suffolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (11), language and communications needs (8), emotional and mental health (6), Physical disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1), Vision impairment (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.6% 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 | 4.4% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.9% | 5.9% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.3% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 3.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.9% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 8.5% | 18.3% | 16.3% | 20.5% | 22.4% | 8.7% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Fairfield Infant School, the school this one replaced in January 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Money
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colneis Junior School | Academy | 700 m | 343 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Felix Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 201 | Requires improvement 2023 | 2 | Compare |
| Kingsfleet Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 185 | Good 2024 | 21 | Compare |
| Grange Community Primary School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 160 | Good 2022 | 28 | Compare |
| Langer Primary Academy | Academy | 1.2 miles | 144 | Good 2023 | 13 | Compare |
| Trimley St Mary Primary School | Council | 1.5 miles | 389 | No overall grade 2024 | 8 | Compare |
| Trimley St Martin Primary School | Council | 2.7 miles | 168 | Good 2023 | 38 | Compare |
| Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery | Council | 3.4 miles | 222 | Good 2023 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Fairfield Infant School a good school?
Fairfield Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2023.
What is Fairfield Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Fairfield Infant School good at its last full inspection on 22 February 2023.
How many pupils does Fairfield Infant School have?
294 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 270 places, so it is 109% full.
What is attendance like at Fairfield Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Fairfield Infant School?
The average class had 29.4 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 10% of classes 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
- High Road West, Felixstowe, IP11 9JB
- Telephone
- 01394 283206
- Website
- www.fairfieldandcolneis.co.uk
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Mark Girling
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Compass Partnership of Schools (28 schools)
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward
- Eastern Felixstowe
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2026 (academy converter)
- URN
- 152284 · LAESTAB 9352076 · UKPRN 10099560
- Formerly
- Fairfield Infant 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.
- 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.
- 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.