Fairfield High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Nov 29 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Unique reference
- 140868
- Address
- Peterchurch, HR2 0SG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 579 (94% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.9%
- Girls
- 51.1%
- First language not English
- 1.9%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 14.3%
- Persistent absence
- 19.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 21.6%
White British 89.5%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 3.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
Caribbean 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.91
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.26
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 38%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 62%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 55.3
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.78
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 16 |
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | Technical Award | 33 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 24 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 14 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 35 |
Biology | GCSE | 20 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 19 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 16 |
English Language | GCSE | 97 |
English Literature | GCSE | 97 |
Admissions
Fairfield High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 105
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 121
- 2nd preference
- 67
- 3rd preference
- 24
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 103
- 2nd preference
- 2
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.2 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 113 52 61 |
Year 8 | 115 61 54 |
Year 9 | 124 57 67 |
Year 10 | 125 62 63 |
Year 11 | 102 51 51 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 93.0% 85.0% 86.5% |
Further education | 32.0% 38.0% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 3.0% 8.7% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 59.0% 37.4% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 2.0% 5.9% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 3.8% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 1.0% 5.0% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.3% 1.0% |