Fairfield Primary School
Community primary school in Widnes (Halton).
Location
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Our Head Teacher's Welcome A very warm welcome to Fairfield Primary School Website where our aim is to provide our parents and carers with an insight into the life of our School and the work that our staff and governors provide to enable the best possible education of your children.
Fairfield Primary School is a happy and popular school that provides a caring, nurturing and stimulating environment in which children feel safe and secure while they learn. The ethos of our school is to ensure that children feel valued and respected and so enjoy school life in a comfortable and friendly atmosphere where good friendships and memories are formed.
Our curriculum offers rich and memorable learning experiences that motivate and inspire our children to become independent and confident learners. We constantly strive to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life and reach standards of which our children are rightly proud.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 111197
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Halton
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (8 current, 4 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Philip Busow Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2009 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Foulkes | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Rachel Burke | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Lee Andrews | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mr Carl Gordon | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mr Luke Ashton | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Victoria Pierce | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mr Matthew Eitel-Smith | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2015 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Eddie Jones | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2014 · until 2028 |
| Mr David Jenkins Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Bernard Keogh Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Karen Woodcock Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2014 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record