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Fairfield Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Academy

Felixstowe, IP11 9JB · Suffolk local authority

Felixstowe’s School Grade D better than 13% of towns in England

Getting in
82/82
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
294 pupils
109% of its 270 places
Free school meals
12%
12 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Fairfield Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 294 pupils for 270 places
  • 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, February 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (82 of 82)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (IP11 9) sold for a median £315,000; Felixstowe’s is £290,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Fairfield Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

82
families put it first for September 2026
83
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Compass Partnership of Schools sets the admissions rules. Apply through Suffolk council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Felixstowe, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Fairfield Infant
0.99 per place
100% got their first choice
Its letter

No letter for Fairfield Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, February 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Fairfield Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in IP11 9, the school’s postcode sector

Felixstowe property prices →
£315,000
median sale, 545 sales in 36 months · Felixstowe £290,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025IP11 9Felixstowe
IP11 9Felixstowe

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£410K
Semi-detached
£295K
Terraced
£221K
Flat
£174K
IP11 9Felixstowe

Homes in IP11 9 sell for a little over Felixstowe’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDC−CCC−D−B−Fairfield Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Felixstowe, IP11 9JB

Fairfield Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Fairfield Infant School?

For September 2026, 82 families put Fairfield Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 83 places were offered in all.

What is Fairfield Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2023).

How much do houses cost near Fairfield Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, IP11 9, sold for a median £315,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (545 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Felixstowe’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.