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# Fairfield Park Lower School

Fairfield Park Lower School is a state-maintained primary school in Fairfield Park, United Kingdom with 469 pupils. Ofsted: Good, inspected 16 July 2024. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Learning Support Assistant (SEND) (closes 15 November).

- **Head:** Ryan Brown, Headteacher
- **Type:** State-maintained, Primary
- **Pupils:** 469 pupils · 46% girls · 8.1% eligible for free school meals · 2.3% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 97 (20.3%) on SEN support · 12 (2.5%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Central Bedfordshire
- **Location:** Fairfield Park, SG5 4FD, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01462830000
- **Website:** [fairfield.beds.sch.uk](https://www.fairfield.beds.sch.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 135021 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/135021))
- **Ofsted:** Good, inspected 16 July 2024

## Vacancies (1)

- [Learning Support Assistant (SEND)](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/25cnm3bujy2-learning-support-assistant-send) · Salary £18,588 a year · Closes 15 Nov · Full time · Teaching support · Fairfield Park Lower School is a forward thinking school. Located in central Bedfordshire on the Hertfordshire boarder. We provide childrenwith a rich and exciting education which…

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 21.4 | 21.9 | – | 1 | £43,003 |
| 2024/25 | 19.3 | 25.4 | 12% | 0 | £39,076 |
| 2023/24 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 12% | 0 | £46,611 |
| 2022/23 | 25.4 | 18.5 | 13% | 0 | £38,094 |
| 2021/22 | 22.2 | 20.7 | 31% | 1 | £37,032 |
| 2020/21 | 22.8 | 19.7 | 8% | 0 | £36,872 |

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 4.8% | 1.0% | 10.3% | 0.9% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 1.1% | 9.2% | 0.3% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 1.2% | 8.3% | 0.3% |
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 1.2% | 10.6% | 0.0% |
| 2021/22 | 6.0% | 1.1% | 13.5% | 0.3% |
| 2020/21 | 1.6% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 0.3% |

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

## Hiring history

7 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching, 5 support. Most often advertised: Learning Support Assistant (2), After School Club Assistant, Midday Supervisor. Last advertised July 2026.

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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