Fairfields SchoolEdgewood School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Northampton.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Fairfields School and Edgewood School in Northampton.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Fairfields School was judged Outstanding and Edgewood School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Fairfields School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Fairfields School versus Edgewood School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	NorthamptonFairfields School	NorthamptonEdgewood School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	3-11	7-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	124	16
Capacity	115	26
Location	Northampton, NN2 6JN	Northampton, NN3 8TA
GCSE results
Cohort	Not reported	1
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	125	13
Free school meals (ever 6)	32.0%	0.0%
English as an additional language	17.6%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	13.7%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	49.1%	Not reported	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.