Fairfield High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Bristol, City of·BS7 9NL
Composite score
61.1
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#1,073
National rank
#91
In South West
#8
In Bristol, City of
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
46%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
18%
EBacc average points score
4.27

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
148 first choices, 204 places
First choices per place
0.72
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
491
any preference, for 204 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.0320231.0620240.7420250.722026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Fairfield High School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,082
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
19.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
38.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,922
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
217 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Fairfield High School at a glance

Located in Bristol, City of, Fairfield High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,082 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.9 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 34% of secondary schools nationally.

46% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 69% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Fairfield High School their first choice was offered one of its 204 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.1%. There are about 20.3 pupils per teacher. Fairfield High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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