Fairfield High School, Bristol

Fairfield High School is an Academy secondary school in Horfield, Bristol, England. The schools catchment area is Horfield, Lockleaze and Eastville.

Farfield High School
Location
Allfoxton Road Bristol , BS7 9NL England
Coordinates	51.4758°N 2.5712°W / 51.4758; -2.5712
Information
Type	Secondary Academy
Established	2000
Trust	Excalibur Academies Trust
Department for Education URN	141705 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Amanda Bridgewater
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	733 (Data from January 2016)
Capacity	1080 (Data from January 2016)
Website	http://www.fairfield.bristol.sch.uk/

History

The previous school building in Fairlawn Road, Montpelier, before relocating to Allfoxton Road, Lockleaze

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]

Academic achievement

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%

Notable former pupils

• Alex Beresford, weatherman
• Victor Eyles FRSE, geologist and science historian
• Cary Grant, actor
• Peter Holmström, musician
• Jamie Knight-Lebel, footballer
• Laya Lewis, actress
• Guy Remmers, actor