Fairfield nominated as a prestigious Music Mark School for the second consecutive year
For the second consecutive year, Fairfield High School (FHS) is honoured to be nominated as a Music Mark School; it was awarded this status in celebration of its excellent and high-quality music education plus commitment to music in the school and community. FHS has built a long-standing relationship with Bristol Plays...
FHS awarded mark for outstanding teaching in Maths
Fairfield High School (FHS) has again been awarded The Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI) Mark for outstanding teaching in Maths, demonstrating its inspirational delivery and enhancement of this subject. The PTI launched the Schools Programme in 2007 to recognise excellence in the teaching of Art, English, Geography, History, Latin, Mathematics, Modern Foreign...
Queen Elizabeth II
It is with real sadness that my first communication with our community since becoming Principal at Fairfield is to communicate about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday evening. I would like to express my condolences on behalf of the Fairfield community to all affected by this sad news. The stabilising...
GCSE Press Release 2022
Fairfield High School students are celebrating an excellent set of GCSE results, demonstrating their commitment to their studies despite the challenges that this year's cohort have faced over the last two years. Over 35.4% of grades achieved in FHS this year were a grade 7 or above. Students demonstrated excellence across...
Visit from author Moses McKenzie
This term we welcomed author Moses McKenzie to the Fairfield Family. He gave a fascinating workshop on creative writing, using thought-provoking questions and giving a number of analytical tips. Moses focused on a You Tube clip 'Moonlight Intro: On the Block with Juan'.... pausing a number of times to see what...
LGBTQ+ club welcomes Trans Woman from a STEM background
As part of Pride month, we gave a warm welcome to Kaz who shared her experiences of being a Trans Woman in STEM. Four years has passed since she shared the news with her work colleagues at Rolls Royce she was transgender - this took huge courage and strength and,...
Change to Attendance Policy
The attendance policy for schools has changed to consider the impact of the last few years and to support students, families and school in ensure positive attendance and good outcomes for all students. As a result, our attendance policy has changed. Please do read its entirety on our website. In short, the...
Fairfield takes top spot in national space competition
We were thrilled to have taken top spot in a national space competition linked to the UK's first satellite launch this Summer. Having just returned from the four day residential in Cornwall, we will endeavour to share a report in the next newsletter.
Student creates amazing solar powered rock tumbler!
Congratulations to Bella in 8T for her amazing project on creating a solar powered rock tumbler to polish rocks! Please see below a write up from Bella plus some photos of the design/process/finished product. A huge well done from all at Fairfield. Bella's rock tumbler write up: I was talking to my uncle...