Fairfield High School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Tameside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.929 miles
Published by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
Fairfield High School for Girls is a secondary school in Manchester, Tameside for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Fairfield High School for Girls catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 5.929 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.717 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.856 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.423 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 3.483 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.812 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 5.929 miles away, the longest of 11 Tameside secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 156 first-choice applications for 196 offers; 155 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a place.
- 58% reached grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, highest of 7 Tameside secondary schools: this one and 6 of the 8 nearest that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fairfield Avenue, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 6AB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 986 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well academically because they access a well-designed curriculum that is delivered very effectively.”
- “Leaders have incredibly high expectations of pupils’ academic achievement.”
- “The overwhelming majority of parents and carers who shared their views said that their child does well at this school.”
To improve
- “However, some groups of pupils, including those with SEND, do not attend school as often as they should.”
- “As a result, they do not fully benefit from the high-quality education available to them.”
- “However, some pupils use discriminatory language and leaders do not deal with this consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 156 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 155 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tameside.
- Droylsden Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Laurus Ryecroft 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Audenshaw School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Denton Community Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More RC College 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hyde High School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rayner Stephens High School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published