Overstone Park SchoolFairfields School

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

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Overstone Park School and Fairfields School.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • 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).

Side-by-side comparison

Overstone Park School versus Fairfields School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Overstone Park SchoolNorthamptonFairfields SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: Outstanding
School typeOther independent special school Community special school
Age range2-18 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll150 124
Capacity160 115
LocationNN6 0DT Northampton, NN2 6JN
GCSE results
Attainment 84.6 Not reported46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% Not reported40.5%
EBacc average point score0.31 Not reported4.09
Cohort22 Not reported
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported0.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported0.0% 8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census117 125
Free school meals (ever 6)0.0% 32.0%
English as an additional languageNot reported17.6%
SEN support16.2% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan83.8% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absenceNot reported13.7% 6.2%
Persistent absenceNot reported49.1% 15.8%

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.

Fairfields School

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