Our website highlights the excellent work being  undertaken at the school and the principles under which it operates. I am confident that you will find our school website both inspiring and informative, but should you require more information please do not hesitate to contact us, we always strive to help.

This website is for your benefit and we hope that you will find it both useful and enlightening.

We would welcome any suggestions and/or comments you have about our new site, so please let us know via our contact page.

David Howatson - Headteacher

About our school...

Fairfield Primary School is a large two-storey primary school, built in 1952, serving the small town of Stapleford which is an industrial suburb of Nottingham.  There is a wide social mix amongst the pupils with both rented and owner occupied housing.  The majority of our pupils come from within the immediate catchment area of the school.

The school is larger than most primary schools (national average 235 pupils) with approximately 406 on roll.  The percentages of children known to be eligible for free school meals (14%) and for special educational needs (21%) are just below national averages.  We are one of only two schools in Nottinghamshire that has an intake of children at age 5 and at age 7.  There is currently one class per year group within Key Stage 1 and three classes per year group within Key Stage 2.

Most children transfer, at the end of Key Stage 2, to The George Spencer Academy.  Our feeder infant school is William Lilley Infant and Nursery School.  The majority of pupils have had some pre-school experience before entry at age 5.  Such is the reputation of the school that we have had an increasing number of children being admitted from other areas.

The school is set in attractive grounds next to a park.  The children and staff have great pride in our school and we wish to maintain our environment to very high standards. The school has recently undergone a complete internal redecoration programme.

Mission Statement

To be trusted to deliver excellence for our pupils with support of parents, governors and the local community.

Fairfield Primary School will be celebrating its own Diamond Jubilee this year!!

60 years since the school opened - so much has happened in that time; so many feet have walked through the doors and over the threshold. So many changes (improvements?) have happened to the building and to the educational process. We know that the school, in that time, has had four Head Teachers - Mr Armstrong, Mr Martin, Mr Court and the present ' incumbent', me - David Howatson.

I cannot even hazard a guess as to how many teachers there have been at the Fairfield, and as for how many pupils? Well that figure must be well into the tens of thousands. Perhaps you were one of those many children whose early education took place at Fairfield. If so, we would like to hear from you - your memories of events, activities, people, places you visited on a school trip. We are hoping to compile some sort of history of Fairfield and would be really grateful for the loan of photographs or memorabilia to help us chart the history of our school.

If you feel you can help please contact us.

Thank you

Sure Start

TOY LIBRARY IN SCHOOL...

Sure Start have set up a weekly ‘Toy Library’ in school. The first meeting was on Tuesday and about four families joined us. This will run each Tuesday from 2.30pm in our new community room and will be initially for eight weeks – why not come along and meet the Sure Start staff and other families – we’d love to hear from you.

"Take time, take pride, take laughter - make the future!"