Fairfield High School for Girls is a secondary school located in Manchester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 24/01/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Fairfield Avenue, Manchester, M43 6AB
Website: http://www.fairfieldhigh.tameside.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01613701488
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Tameside
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Stephanie Bateman
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136593

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 24/01/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Girls
School Capacity: 977
Number of Pupils: 981
Number of Boys: 0
Number of Girls: 981

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.41 Confidence interval 0.22 to 0.6
Of the 186 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 183 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:43%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:58%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:53.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.7
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fairfield Road Primary School
Fairfield Road , Droylsden M43 6AF
3out of 4 233 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Anne's RC Primary School
Clarendon Road , Audenshaw M34 5QA
3out of 4 517 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Church Street , Droylsden M43 7BR
3out of 4 808 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Clement's CofE Primary School
Abbey Hey Lane , Higher Openshaw M11 1LR
2out of 4 846 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
Manchester Road Primary Academy
Manchester Road , Droylsden M43 6GD
2out of 4 886 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fairfield High School for Girls
Fairfield Avenue , Droylsden M43 6AB
4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Droylsden Academy
Manor Road , M43 6QD
3out of 4 969 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Wright Robinson College
Abbey Hey Lane , Gorton M18 8RL
- not rated 1,050 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Laurus Ryecroft
Lumb Lane , Droylsden M43 7LJ
- not rated 2,502 yd Free schools Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Audenshaw School
Hazel Street , Audenshaw M34 5NB
3out of 4 2,543 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
LTE Group
Whitworth House , Whitworth St M11 2WH
- not rated 2,655 yd Further education Yes Mixed More About School
Connell Coop College
301 Alan Turing Way , M11 3BS
- not rated 3,020 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hawthorns School
Sunnyside Moss Campus , Lumb Lane M34 5SF
4out of 4 1,555 yd Academy special converter No Mixed More About School
Music Stuff
Unit 2 , The Cuthbert Centre M11 2NA
- not rated 2,208 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Progress Schools - Gorton
Hideout Youth Zone , 1 Queens Avenue M12 5PX
- not rated 2,791 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Bridge College
Openshaw Campus , Whitworth Street M11 2GR
- not rated 3,034 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.