Secondary
Fairfield High School
Peterchurch, Hereford, HR2 0SG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 607 of 600 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Trust
- FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 51.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.3
- Pupils
- 579
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
51%
8 points above the Hereford average (43% across 8 schools)
50.3
5.2 above the Hereford average (45.1 across 8 schools)
2nd of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Hereford we can score - 11 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.4 |
| Entered the EBacc | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 62% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.37 |
| 22/23 | +0.91 |
| 23/24 | +0.49 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.9 |
| 22/23 | 55.3 |
| 23/24 | 53.1 |
| 24/25 | 50.3 |
Peterchurch, Hereford, HR2 0SG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Herefordshire, County of admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Paul Jennings
- Address
- Peterchurch, Hereford, HR2 0SG
- Telephone
- 01981550231