Fairoak Primary School
Fairoak Primary School is a council school in Cardiff for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 409 pupils. Teaching is in English.
1 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff, CF14 3JLAll details
Inspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Since September 2022 Estyn's reports describe what a school does well and what it needs to work on, without giving a grade.
Estyn's latest report, and any follow-up visits, are on Estyn's website. The only schools given a formal label are those in special measures or needing significant improvement.
Results
Wales stopped publishing results for individual primary schools in 2019, so there are none to show. Attendance, pupil numbers and staffing below come from the Welsh Government's My Local School.
Getting a place
There is no entrance test. The council hands out the places. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups go first; after that, the closer you live, the better your chances. As a Not available school it may put families of that faith first.
Teaching is in English.
You apply through Cardiff council, not the school.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Monica's C.I.W. Primary School | Church in Wales | 460 m | 151 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Ysgol Mynydd Bychan | Council | 550 m | 258 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| St Joseph's R.C. Primary School | Roman Catholic | 890 m | 224 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Roath Park Primary School | Council | 970 m | 451 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Ysgol Y Berllan Deg | Council | 0.8 miles | 396 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Albany Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 411 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Marlborough Primary | Council | 1.1 miles | 492 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
| Birchgrove Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 369 | Estyn, no grade | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Fairoak Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Fairoak Primary School yet.
How many pupils does Fairoak Primary School have?
409 pupils aged 3 to 11.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff, CF14 3JL
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Religious character
- Not available
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Ward
- Cathays
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- URN
- 402477 · School number 6812334
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Formerly
- Allensbank Primary School, Gladstone Primary
Recent changes
- PhaseCode changed from “Primary” to “Other”
- TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
- Pupil numbers changed from “409” to “–”
- ReligiousCharacter changed from “Not available” to “–”
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education Get Information About Schools and the Welsh Government address list of schools (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Results, attendance, pupils, staff and budget: Welsh Government, My Local School, latest data to 2026.
- Neighbourhood deprivation: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 postcode lookup.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.