Fairfield High School, Bristol

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Farfield High School
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Fairfield High School, Bristol
Allfoxton Road

,
BS7 9NL

England
Coordinates 51°28′33″N2°34′16″W / 51.4758°N 2.5712°W / 51.4758; -2.5712
Information
Type Secondary Academy
Established2000
TrustExcalibur Academies Trust
Department for Education URN 141705 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherAmanda Bridgewater
Gender Mixed
Age11to 16
Enrolment733 (Data from January 2016)
Capacity1080 (Data from January 2016)
Website http://www.fairfield.bristol.sch.uk/

Fairfield High School is an Academy secondary school in Horfield, Bristol, England. The schools catchment area is Horfield, Lockleaze and Eastville.

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History

The previous school building in Fairlawn Road, Montpelier, before relocating to Allfoxton Road, Lockleaze Fairfield School, Montpelier, Bristol. - geograph.org.uk - 198016.jpg
The previous school building in Fairlawn Road, Montpelier, before relocating to Allfoxton Road, Lockleaze

In 2000, against a background of opposition by Bristol City Council to selective education and declining academic results, [1] Fairfield closed as a grammar school and reopened as a comprehensive, being renamed Fairfield High School. In 2006, the new school moved to new purpose-designed buildings at Stottbury Road, Bristol. [2] One reason for the move was that the existing site had room for only some five hundred pupils, a number which was considered to be too low. [3]

Academic achievement

The school has improved its results year on year and achieved its best ever GCSE scores in 2012, the table below shows the percentage of students hitting the key measure of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics. [4]

Year2009201020112012
School43%49%50%52%
Local authority schools40.2%46.2%50.2%51.6%
England - all schools49.8%53.5%59%59.4%

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. Education: School League Tables 1998 Fairfield Grammar School at bbc.co.uk, accessed 25 November 2008
  2. The new Fairfield High School [ permanent dead link ] at oldfairfieldians.org.uk, accessed 25 November 2008
  3. ST5974 : Fairfield School, Montpelier, Bristol at geograph.org.uk, accessed 25 November 2008
  4. http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=109290 Fairfield High School