Fairburn Community Primary School
Great North Road, Knottingley, WF11 9JY
87 pupils · 105% of 83 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- SELBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Free school meals
- 5.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 December 2024, published 14 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.42 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 12 | 17 | 35 | 12 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Burton Salmon Community Primary School 1.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Oyster Park Primary Academy 2.5 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford 2.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Airedale Junior Academy 3.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Townville Academy 3.5 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.