Fairfax
Fairfax Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
Local ranking40th of 88 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1584
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 28.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 255
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
119
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 272
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1571
- Boys
- 726 (46%)
- Girls
- 845 (54%)
- Capacity
- 1584 (99% full)
- SEND
- 14.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.2%
- EAL
- 8.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,990/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 68.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Asian Chinese: 3.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.0%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Other: 2.8%
- Asian Indian: 2.7%
68.2%
White British
4.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
4.2%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136908
- UKPRN
- 10034152
- Establishment No.
- 5410
- Trust
- FAIRFAX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST