Fairway Primary School

About Fairway Primary School

Fairway Primary School sits in the middle of the pack in Stockport, with 70% of its Year 6 pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined in the 2023/24 academic year. That is eight percentage points above the local authority average of 62% for primary schools, placing it 26th out of 67 schools in the borough. The school is oversubscribed by a ratio of 3.57 to one, with 107 applications for just 30 places in the 2025/26 intake, and 41 families listing it as their first preference. That level of demand suggests local parents see it as a solid, reliable option rather than a flashy outlier. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2023, confirmed the school remains Good, with leadership and management also rated Good. The previous graded inspection in 2013 had rated it Requires Improvement, so the trajectory has been upward and sustained.

Academically, Fairway’s results are a mixed bag when you dig into the detail. While the combined expected standard is above average, the proportion reaching the higher standard in reading, writing and maths is just 7%, which is low. In individual subjects, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, with an average scaled score of 106, and 77% did so in reading, with an average score of 105. Writing was slightly lower at 83% expected. The higher-standard figures tell a clearer story: 27% in maths, 27% in reading, and 17% in writing. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is hard to say whether pupils arrive below or above national starting points. Nationally, the school ranks in the 30th percentile for its combined expected standard, and regionally in the 28th percentile within the North West. It is not a high-flyer, but it is comfortably above the local norm.

The school offers a decent spread of facilities for a primary of 245 pupils, including a sports hall, gymnasium, library, sensory room, forest school and art studios. There is also a chapel on site. Sports on offer include athletics, cricket, gymnastics, swimming and rounders, and clubs range from art and book club to choir and chess. The nursery provision means children can join from age three. For SEND, the school supports pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social and emotional mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 14.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is slightly above the national average for primary schools. Fairway is a good fit for families who want a solid, well-regarded local school that delivers above-average results without being selective or pushy, and who value the forest school and sensory room as part of a broad primary experience.

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