Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford
Primary schoolFairburn View Primary School, Castleford is a primary school in Wakefield, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 471 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), December 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 December 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 30% of pupils at Fairburn View Primary School, Castleford met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Wakefield and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Wakefield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Oyster Park Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)510 m
- Airedale Junior AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, April 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- Airedale Infant AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025610 m
- Townville AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed610 m
- Airedale AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), January 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.4 (2025/26, provisional)620 m
- Glasshoughton Infant AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), January 20231.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Wakefield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).