Fairburn Community Primary School
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Academy converter in Knottingley, WF11 9JY, taking ages 5 to 11, 87 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Fairburn Community Primary School lived 14.777 miles away, according to North Yorkshire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 14.777 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 87 pupils in 83 places (105% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | SELBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST |
| Local authority | North Yorkshire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Fairburn Community Primary School
| Girls and boys | 46.0% girls, 54.0% boys |
| English as an additional language | 2.3% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 5.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Fairburn Community Primary School
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 14.777 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is WF6 at £167,500; the dearest, LS15, £262,500. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF6 | Wakefield | 6.2 mi | £167,500 90 sales |
| LS88 | Leeds | 9.0 mi | £173,000 19 sales |
| LS14 | Leeds | 9.1 mi | £175,000 32 sales |
| WF7 | Wakefield | 6.1 mi | £182,500 106 sales |
| WF11 | Wakefield | 2.6 mi | £185,000 73 sales |
| WF8 | Wakefield | 4.1 mi | £190,000 93 sales |
| LS25 | Leeds | 3.3 mi | £210,000 70 sales |
| LS99 | Leeds | 8.9 mi | £215,000 11 sales |
| LS26 | Leeds | 6.8 mi | £226,000 93 sales |
| LS15 | Leeds | 7.8 mi | £262,500 91 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Fairburn Community Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around WF11: ages, selection, and how full each one is →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Fairburn Community Primary School?
Fairburn Community Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 14.777 miles away, per North Yorkshire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Fairburn Community Primary School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 14.777 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 105% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Fairburn Community Primary School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every North Yorkshire school's distance
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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
Admission distance published by North Yorkshire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.