Foundation special school

Fairfield School

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formKirklees, Yorkshire and the Humber · Batley WF17 8ASSchool website
Pupils on roll
139of 124 places
Free school meals
33.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
8
Ofsted
School remains Good, 8 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at Fairfield School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Fairfield School’s own sixth form (Kirklees average 16%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kirklees and England.

Fairfield School
Kirklees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFairfield SchoolKirkleesEngland
Pupils in the cohort115,003607,348
Any sustained destination100%92%92%
Stayed in education100%85%86%
— school sixth form0%16%34%
— sixth form college0%33%13%
— further education college0%35%37%
— other education100%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Kirklees

BBG Academy

Academy sponsor led · 1,049 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.