Fairfield High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Tameside
Unique reference
136593
Address
Fairfield Avenue, Droylsden, M43 6AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
988 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
23.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.2%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 48.7%
Pakistani 23.8%
African 6%
Chinese 5.9%
Mixed 5.8%
Bangladeshi 3.4%
Other Asian 2%
Other White 1.4%
Other Black 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.66
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 64%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.7
Local authority average 43.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.13
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award15
Art & DesignTechnical Award8
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award7
Health StudiesTechnical Award89
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award65
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE51
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Fairfield High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
197
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
196
2nd preference
115
3rd preference
60
From another Local Authority
55
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
0
201
Year 8
198
0
198
Year 9
198
0
198
Year 10
199
0
199
Year 11
192
0
192
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
82.7%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
37.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
1.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
54.0%
43.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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