| Farfield High School | |
| Coordinates: | 51.4758°N -2.5712°W |
| Established: | 2000 |
| Type: | Secondary Academy |
| Trust: | Excalibur Academies Trust |
| Head: | Amanda Bridgewater |
| Address: | Allfoxton Road |
| City: | Bristol |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | BS7 9NL |
| Dfeno: | 801/4101 |
| Urn: | 141705 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Capacity: | 1080 (Data from January 2016) |
| Enrolment: | 733 (Data from January 2016) |
| Gender: | Mixed |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 16 |
| Website: | http://www.fairfield.bristol.sch.uk/ |
Fairfield High School is an Academy secondary school in Horfield, Bristol, England. The schools catchment area is Horfield, Lockleaze and Eastville.
In 2000, against a background of opposition by Bristol City Council to selective education and declining academic results,[1] Fairfield closed as a grammar school and reopened as a comprehensive, being renamed Fairfield High School. In 2006, the new school moved to new purpose-designed buildings at Stottbury Road, Bristol.[2] One reason for the move was that the existing site had room for only some five hundred pupils, a number which was considered to be too low.[3]
The school has improved its results year on year and achieved its best ever GCSE scores in 2012, the table below shows the percentage of students hitting the key measure of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics.[4]
| Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | 43% | 49% | 50% | 52% | |
| Local authority schools | 40.2% | 46.2% | 50.2% | 51.6% | |
| England - all schools | 49.8% | 53.5% | 59% | 59.4% |