Fairfield Spencer Academy
Primary schoolFairfield Spencer Academy is a primary school in Broxtowe, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 627 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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, 70% of pupils at Fairfield Spencer Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 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- William Lilley Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022390 m
- Hemlock Stone SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file530 m
- St John's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed690 m
- George Spencer AcademySecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 52.6 (2025/26, provisional)710 m
- Albany Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Albany Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 20221.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Broxtowe
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).