About our School

Welcome to Fairfield Park Lower School, where staff, pupils, parents and carer’s are nurtured and supported through our strong pastoral ethos. We care passionately about our community and the welfare of all stakeholders; this is embedded into all our practices. We have a thriving PTA, and parent helper group, as well as a staff social committee; we are a ‘People Place’ where we learn and grow together; we are proud that we are an emotionally intelligent school. We have excellent facilities for staff, pupils and our local community; we have a thriving extended community involving a range of lettings and provision including a breakfast and after school club.

Fairfield Park school was a new school in 2007 and has constantly involved and expanded.  We have successfully opened a new campus in 2018 and are now operating across Dickens Boulevard and Ruskin Drive, offering more school places in our local community.  We have had staff stability in that process and grown staff each year as we have expanded. We have a history of coaching, supporting and offering high quality CPD to enable all to achieve their very best. Many staff have pursued their own qualifications further and continued their lifelong learning pathway through working with us. We are passionate to promote a very happy and skilled staff population, with wellbeing built into our school year. Creative, fun, secure staff create enthusiastic happy and well-rounded learners.

Our ethos

We are committed to providing children with a high quality education in a secure and nurturing setting. Our inspiring curriculum and dedicated staff provide quality engaging learning environments and a range of enrichment opportunities. High expectations enable pupils to achieve quality learning outcomes ensuring all pupils have a solid foundation block and love of learning. At the heart of everything we do is achievement, progress, challenge, inspiration, engagement, enjoyment and innovation. We aim to prepare our young pupils for life in a rapidly changing technologically driven global society. Everyone at Fairfield Park is respected and valued and there is equal opportunity for all. Discipline is based upon care for each other and positive reinforcement. Pupils contribute to shaping the school ethos through the School Council and achievements are shared and celebrated. Fairfield Park is a very reflective school, building in annual reviews and professional dialogues to always further enhance pupil outcomes. All staff are part of this culture and have a voice to develop and evolve the school; these are embedded in regular team meetings throughout the year. Fairfield Park enjoys support and effective challenge from an engaged, committed and an outstanding Governing Body and there are strong links with the local learning community.

Expansion

Fairfield Park Lower School is currently a three-form entry lower school across two sites: Dickens Boulevard and Ruskin Drive,  providing education for children in Year Groups: Nursery – Year 4. In addition, we have an established independent pre-school (age 2+) on the Dickens Boulevard site.  Thus we are now one school but based in two locations, reflecting the same ethos and mirroring the excellent provision for which Fairfield Park is known.  Over time we will become a four-form entry and ultimately, pupil numbers will be 600+ across the school with a full range of extended services.

Curriculum

Excellence is achieved through high expectations, innovation and challenge for all. We are passionate about our age appropriate inclusive engaging curriculum, embedded into whole school project weeks where pupils have the opportunity to apply their skills further through teamwork, problem solving, risk taking, reflecting and celebrating. A flavour of our project weeks delivered are Engineering week; Health and Fitness week; Culture week through The Arts (Contemporary, The Tate, sculpture, spiritual art); Road Safety week; International week. Our results are consistently above national and local standards and our curriculum is further enriched in a variety of ways including PE, Music and the Arts.  Play and lunch times are well resourced and supported by quality staff including Structured sport activities and Play Leaders. We believe that learning should be enjoyed by all and the moment you step through the doors of our caring and happy school we believe you will experience this for yourself.