Fairisle Infant and Nursery School

General Info

Education Phase: Primary
Ofsted rating: Good Sept 11 2019 Ofsted report
Gender: Mixed
Age range: 2 - 7 y.o.
Type: Local authority maintained schools
Funding: State-funded primary
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Religious Character: Does not apply
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Local authority: Southampton
Unique reference: 116251
Address: Fairisle Road, Lordshill, SO16 8BY
Website: www.fairisle-inf.co.uk

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 330 (68% of total capacity)
Boys: 51.2%
Girls: 48.8%
First language not English: 26.7%
Free school meals (FSM): 23.6%
Persistent absence: 21.0%
Special education needs (SEN): 24.8%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 66.7%

Other White 13%

Other Asian 6.4%

Mixed 4.5%

Indian 3.3%

African 2.4%

Pakistani 1.2%

Bangladeshi 1.2%

Irish 0.3%

Gypsy/Roma 0.3%

Chinese 0.3%

Other 0.3%

Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Fairisle Infant and Nursery School

Admission Policy: n/a
Total available places: 86
Status: Not oversubscribed

This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference: 77
2nd preference: 40
3rd preference: 19
From another Local Authority: 10

Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference: 76
2nd preference: 8
3rd preference: 2
To another Local Authority: 5

Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)

Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class type	Class size
Average size of one-teacher classes	25.4
Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher	28.4

Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type	Total Boys Girls
Nursery Year 1, Full-time	25 14 11
Nursery Year 2, Full-time	49 26 23
Reception, Full-time	85 51 34
Year 1	89 43 46
Year 2	82 35 47

Year 2023-2024

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