Fairfield High School is an Academy secondary school in Horfield, Bristol, England. The schools catchment area is Horfield, Lockleaze and Eastville.
| Farfield High School | |
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Allfoxton Road , BS7 9NL England | |
| Coordinates | 51°28′33″N 2°34′16″W / 51.4758°N 2.5712°W |
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| Type | Secondary Academy |
| Established | 2000 |
| Trust | Excalibur Academies Trust |
| Department for Education URN | 141705 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Amanda Bridgewater |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 733 (Data from January 2016) |
| Capacity | 1080 (Data from January 2016) |
| Website | http://www.fairfield.bristol.sch.uk/ |
History
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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
editThe 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]
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| School | 43% | 49% | 50% | 52% |
| Local authority schools | 40.2% | 46.2% | 50.2% | 51.6% |
| England - all schools | 49.8% | 53.5% | 59% | 59.4% |
Notable former pupils
edit- Alex Beresford, weatherman
- Victor Eyles FRSE, geologist and science historian
- Cary Grant, actor
- Peter Holmström, musician
- Jamie Knight-Lebel, footballer
- Laya Lewis, actress
- Guy Remmers, actor
References
edit- ^ Education: School League Tables 1998 Fairfield Grammar School at bbc.co.uk, accessed 25 November 2008
- ^ The new Fairfield High School[permanent dead link] at oldfairfieldians.org.uk, accessed 25 November 2008
- ^ ST5974 : Fairfield School, Montpelier, Bristol at geograph.org.uk, accessed 25 November 2008
- ^ http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=109290 Fairfield High School
External links
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