Fairfield School

State-Funded School

fairfield-school-kirklees-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

KirkleesLocal Authority

Spen ValleyConstituency

WF17 8ASPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Fairfield School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 139 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

37%

Asian

54%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

139

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

36%

England average

27%

First language not English

50%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 139
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 8 June 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 Apr 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.