Primary school in Knottingley, North Yorkshire
Fairburn Community Primary School
Great North Road, Fairburn, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, WF11 9JY
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 3 December 2024.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- Places
- 83
- How full
- Full — 87 pupils against 83 places
- Girls / boys
- 40 / 47
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Selby 009A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 30%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 81%
- Households in social housing
- 9%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- SELBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Emma Cornhill
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Ward
- Monk Fryston & South Milford
- Constituency
- Selby
- URN
- 151422
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Salmon Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 1.1 mi |
| Oyster Park Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 43% | 1.6 mi |
| Brotherton and Byram Community Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 48% | 1.7 mi |
| Fairburn View Primary School, CastlefordCommunity school | Good 2023 | 30% | 1.8 mi |
| Airedale Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 62% | 2.1 mi |
| Airedale Infant AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | — | 2.1 mi |
| Townville AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 2.1 mi |
| Monk Fryston Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 67% | 2.3 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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