Fairhouse Community Primary School

About Fairhouse Community Primary School

Fairhouse Community Primary School is a popular choice among local families, with 79 applications for 44 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.8. Of those, 39 families put it as their first preference, and all of them received an offer. That level of demand suggests parents in Basildon see something they like. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in June 2023, confirmed it remains Good, a notable improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2014 when it was rated Requires Improvement. By 2016, it had already climbed to Good, and that rating has held steady since. The school serves a diverse intake, with 36.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, above the national average, and it provides a range of SEND support including for autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and social and emotional mental health.

Academically, Fairhouse’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 56%, which is below the local authority average of 62%. That places the school 25th out of 39 primary schools in Basildon, and in the bottom half nationally. However, individual subject results are stronger: 78% met the expected standard in writing, 69% in maths and 66% in reading. At the higher standard, 31% achieved it in reading, 24% in writing and 17% in maths, though only 5% hit the higher bar across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths, both close to the national benchmark of 100. Progress measures are not available in the data, so it is hard to say how much value the school adds, but the raw attainment figures suggest solid foundations in the core subjects.

The school sits on a site that includes playing fields, an outdoor playground, a forest school area and a sensory room, alongside a library, art studios and a dining hall. Sports on offer include netball, tennis, football and cricket, and clubs such as eco club, gardening and film club run alongside the curriculum. With a capacity of 420 and 416 pupils on roll, it is effectively full. Fairhouse is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form. It has no religious character. For families seeking a school with strong SEND provision and a Good Ofsted rating that has improved over time, Fairhouse is a realistic option, though those prioritising top-tier academic results may want to compare it with higher-performing peers in the area, such as St Anne Line Catholic Junior School, which is rated Outstanding and just two kilometres away.

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