Fairfax

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 21 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
136908
Address
Fairfax Road, B75 7JT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1565 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
6.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.2%
Persistent absence
21.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.7%
Mixed 8.4%
Caribbean 3.5%
Chinese 3.1%
Indian 2.7%
Pakistani 2.7%
Other White 2.6%
Other Asian 2.4%
African 2.2%
Other 1.5%
Unclassified 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.5
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.25
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE32
BiologyGCSE110
Business Studies:SingleGCSE122
ChemistryGCSE110
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE30
DanceGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE246
English LiteratureGCSE242
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Fairfax

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
263
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
231
2nd preference
307
3rd preference
313
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
193
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes25
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
262
137
125
Year 8
259
128
131
Year 9
262
115
147
Year 10
258
122
136
Year 11
271
119
152
Year 12
125
61
64
Year 13
128
69
59
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
31.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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