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Fairfield School

Special schoolAges 3–19FoundationSixth form

Batley, WF17 8AS · Kirklees local authority

Batley’s School Grade B− better than 55% of towns in England

How full
139 pupils
112% of its 124 places
Free school meals
33%
33 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Fairfield School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 139 pupils for 124 places
  • Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (WF17 8) sold for a median £162,000; Batley’s is £184,150

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

136 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
52.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
38%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 45%Boys 55%
Its letter

No letter for Fairfield School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

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.

Report card, inspection starting June 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Sixth formStrong standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, June 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Fairfield School

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

Home prices in WF17 8, the school’s postcode sector

Batley property prices →
£162,000
median sale, 254 sales in 36 months · Batley £184,150

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025WF17 8Batley
WF17 8Batley

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£244K
Semi-detached
£198K
Terraced
£140K
Flat
£72K
WF17 8Batley

Homes in WF17 8 sell for a little under Batley’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

28 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−C+B+C−DA+CA+C+C+B−BC+C+C−A−BC+B−B+BA−B+ACB−Fairfield School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Batley, WF17 8AS

Fairfield School: common questions

What is Fairfield School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Fairfield School?

Homes in its postcode sector, WF17 8, sold for a median £162,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (254 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; Batley’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.