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%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.5%
Other White 4.8%
Mixed 3.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award16
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award33
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Art & DesignGCSE35
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE97
English LiteratureGCSE97
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Fairfield High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
105
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
121
2nd preference
67
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes25.2
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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