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Fairway Infant School, Copthorne[1]

Primary · ages 4–7

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

No published data for this school.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 Jan 2025[2]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[2]
Report published
9 Feb 2025[2]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[2]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[2]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 Oct 2019[3] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[3] No overall grade[3]
Date not published[4] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[4] Good[4]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference)
130 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences
77 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered
59 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 105[5] 59[5] 60[5] 1.8[5] 1.0[5]
Entry Sept 2024 111[5] 65[5] 60[5] 1.9[5] 1.1[5]
Entry Sept 2023 96[5] 48[5] 54[5] 1.8[5] 0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2022 102[5] 56[5] 60[5] 1.7[5] 0.9[5]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
4–7[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
180[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
https://www.fairwayinfant.co.uk[1]
District
Mid Sussex[6]
Postcode
RH10 3QD[1]
URN
125943[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
175 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language
1.7% 2024/25[7]
SEN support
27.4% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
9.7% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87.1%[8]
Mixed
5.3%[8]
Asian
1.8%[8]
Black
1.8%[8]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[8]
Unclassified
2.9%[8]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.