Ashton Park School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.8
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Fairfield High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,057of 1,080 places
- Free school meals
- 34.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 212
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 9 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Fairfield High School (URN 109290, until 1 February 2015).
What the data says
Fairfield High School has no sixth form. Of the 217 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 35% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.9 against 46.1 across England and 46.4 in Bristol, City of, with 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Fairfield High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bristol, City of and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Fairfield High School | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 217 | 4,008 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 37% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 12% | 12% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Fairfield High School | Bristol, City of | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.9 | 46.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 36% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.27 | 4.10 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 28% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.7 | 33.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.0 | 52.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 20% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 212 | 100% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 75% |
| English Language | 212 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 70% |
| English Literature | 199 | 94% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 78% |
| Citizenship Studies | 196 | 92% | 3% | 22% | 19% | 79% |
| Religious Studies | 195 | 92% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 174 | 82% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 61% |
| History | 134 | 63% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 66% |
| Geography | 64 | 30% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 63% |
| Spanish | 50 | 24% | 19% | 40% | 27% | 86% |
| Photography | 43 | 20% | 6% | 21% | 19% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 42 | 20% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 60% |
| Physics | 29 | 14% | 23% | 69% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 14% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 29 | 14% | 23% | 62% | 45% | 100% |
| German | 28 | 13% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 64% |
| Fine Art | 27 | 13% | 9% | 19% | 28% | 81% |
| French | 22 | 10% | 18% | 45% | 29% | 82% |
| Classical Civilisation | 19 | 9% | 1% | 21% | 40% | 63% |
| Drama | 19 | 9% | 7% | 32% | 27% | 68% |
| Dance | 14 | 7% | 1% | 57% | 27% | 86% |
| Music | 10 | 5% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 90% |
| Art and Design | 2 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 41 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 26 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 24 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 16 | — | — |
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Bristol Brunel Academy
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Bristol Cathedral Choir School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.