Fairfield High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Bristol, Bristol, City of
Last distance offered · Year 7 2024
0.70 miles
Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 1 March 2024
2020–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairfield High School is a secondary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 February 2023. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2024 entry.
Fairfield High School 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 2024 | 0.70 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
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 2024 lived 0.70 miles away, the shortest of 4 Bristol secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7, the 2024 last distance was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 148 first-choice applications for 204 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place; 56 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bristol.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Allfoxton Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9NL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bristol, City of
- Pupils on roll
- 1,057 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 February 2023
Strengths
- “They feel that that staff are caring and respectful and ambitious for their futures.”
- “In response to Ofsted’s survey, Ofsted Parent View, parents typically described it as a nurturing school that prepares pupils to be good citizens.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and conduct.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum for pupils still in the early stages of learning to read is not effective enough.”
- “It does not set out clearly the phonic knowledge that pupils need to read accurately.”
- “Books are not well matched to pupils’ phonic knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.9 | 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: 148 first-preference applications, 204 offers in total, 148 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 Bristol, City of.
- Trinity Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- E-ACT Montpelier High School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The City Academy Bristol 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Redland Green School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cotham School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bristol Metropolitan Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchard School Bristol 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bristol Brunel Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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