We are delighted with our Progress 8 figure for 2023 of 0.67! This means that pupil progress at Fairfield is ‘well above average’. It is the highest score in Tameside and the 9th highest of all non-selective schools in Greater Manchester.
Congratulations to Fairfield Old Girl Georgia Taylor-Brown 🥈 Olympic Games silver medal in the women's triathlon! 🥈 Incredible final run, moving from 5th to 2nd! 🥈 Fantastic Olympic spirit 🥈
#TeamGB
#bbcolympics
#Tokyo2020
@BritTri
@TeamGB
Thank you to Olympic triathlon champion and Fairfield Old Girl Georgia Taylor-Brown
@georgiatb
for the official opening of the 'Dr Joan Wilkinson MUGA' today. Georgia talked passionately to pupils about resilience, success and 'contolling the controllable.
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Norgan in Year 11. Since 2018 she has raised over £10,000 for Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
@RMCHcharity
. Today, she received the Headteacher's Award for Responsible Citizenship in recognition of her work in the community.
#responsiblecitizen
The staff at Fairfield High School for Girls have recorded this poem by
@donna_ashworth
for our pupils and families. It is a message of hope for our amazing girls. Enjoy your half-term holiday everyone! ♥️
Congratulations to the Class of 2022!
- 84% of pupils achieved G4+ in English and Maths, our best result in 5 years
- 34% of all GCSE grades are G7+
- 105 GCSE Grade 9 qualifications achieved
- Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND have made exceptional progress
We loved meeting more new Year 7s today for week 2 of Summer School! All new Year 7s will receive a Fairfield canvas bag with some goodies in as part of their welcome to Fairfield. Pupils enjoyed the gardening workshop today and some orienteering, alongside tutoring sessions.
Fairfield High School for Girls is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen, Elizabeth II. Our thoughts and condolences are with The Royal Family and everyone around the world mourning the loss of Her Majesty.
Congratulations to Madeleine Frost for her outstanding A-level results - French (A*), Maths (A*), History (A), EPQ (A)! Madeleine is going to the University Cambridge to study French!
#Classof2019
@Cambridge_Uni
👏👏👏
In September 1939 Fairfield High School for Girls had to close due to the start of the Second World War. The Headmistress, Miss Edwards, sent this letter to all families. The message in the first paragraph is as relevant today as it was then. Thank you for your support.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in and supported the mini-marathon and non-uniform day. We have raised £2,947.49 (so far) to help fund the research and treatment of breast cancer. ♥️♥️♥️
@wearepreventBC
@ABYyouthtrust
@BreastCancerNow
Next Thursday 21st October is a non-uniform day and sponsored 2.6 mile walk for all year groups to raise funds for
@wearepreventBC
and
@BreastCancerNow
♥️♥️♥️
This is being organised by Amy, Henna and other Year 11s as part of their Young Leaders Award
@ABYyouthtrust
👏👏👏
We are delighted that Fairfield’s Class of 2023 have achieved outstanding GCSE and Vocational Course results once again.
Over 100 Grade 9s // 36% of grades Grade 7+
// Increase in Grade 5 or above in both English and Maths from 2019
Well done Team Fairfield!
Congratulations to Charlie Whitehead in Year 10 for achieving the most reward points in the whole school this term. Charlie has won a fantastic art set kindly donated to school. Well done Charlie! ⭐⭐⭐
#successfullearner
#responsiblecitizen
The unveiling ceremony for our new ceramic poppies was held on Friday 11th November, as part of our Remembrance Day commemorations. This beautiful art installation has been created by the Year 7-10 pupils in The Art Club, meeting every Wednesday after school.
Congratulations to our fantastic Year 11 pupils who have successfully gained a place on the University of Cambridge Summer School at Christ's College for Year 11 and Year 12. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you to the English Faculty and Facilities staff for transforming Fairfield into Hogwarts for last night's fantastic Year 7 Harry Potter Evening! 🧙♀️
LGBTQ+ Ambassadors are now active at Fairfield! Pupils and members of staff with rainbow lanyards and badges are trained to listen and point pupils in the right direction if they need support. Thank you to
@Dianecking
for your work with our new ambassadors!
@TamesideCouncil
♥️🌈
Many thanks to Dr Carl Austin-Behan
@CarlAustinBehan
, Greater Manchester LGBTQ+ Community Ambassador, and Manchester Storm's Zach Sullivan
@ZachSully12
and Mikey Korol
@mkorol23
for speaking so meaningfully to the Fairfield LGBTQ+ and Ally Pride Group. 🏳️🌈♥️
Thank you to everyone who donated to the Kindness at Christmas food bank appeal. Eight shopping trolleys and three full cars of food meant it was the largest donation the Salvation Army in Openshaw have ever received. Hundreds of people will benefit from this over Christmas ♥️👏
Today is the Fairfield High School for Girls Virtual Sports Day. Please check the website for more details of how pupils can compete.
The equipment is ready for the girls that are in school... 🥇🥈🥉
Year 7 Geographers have made a fantastic start to the school year! Here are some examples of excellent classwork, home learning and the regular guided reading tasks in geography lessons. 🌍🌎🌏
Next Thursday 21st October is a non-uniform day and sponsored 2.6 mile walk for all year groups to raise funds for
@wearepreventBC
and
@BreastCancerNow
♥️♥️♥️
This is being organised by Amy, Henna and other Year 11s as part of their Young Leaders Award
@ABYyouthtrust
👏👏👏
Huge well done to Alice who achieved D*D*D* in Health and Social Care. She is now going to
@edgehill
University to study Children's Nursing!
@HASC_ASFC
Huge congratulations to Paige Hopwood for achieving D*D*D* in Health and Social Care. From
@Fairfield_HSFG
, Paige will now study Midwifery at the
@uniofbeds
.
#StandOut
🥉🥈🥇 Coming soon - Fairfield High School for Girls Virtual Sports Day - Friday 10th July 🥇🥈🥉
90 years ago today Fairfield hosted a Sports Day - will the Class of 2020 match the Class of 1930?
Our friends in the Fairfield Old Girls' Association have shared some incredible footage of a Sports Day from June 26th 1930. As we begin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of
#VEDay
please think about the sacrifice these girls went on to make during WWII
#fairfieldhistory
The first week of our Summer School is nearly over! It has been a pleasure to welcome our new Year 7s to life at Fairfield. As well as daily English and maths tuition, pupils have experienced a range of creative and interactive workshops. Feedback from pupils has been excellent.
Year 11 pupils Matilda, Scarlet, Gracie and Maddison and Miss Willcock performed Christmas carols at the Hyde
@Morrisons
store on Monday to raise money for period poverty. 🎄🎄🎄
Congratulations to Chloe A. in 9E for winning the Christmas card competition with this beautiful drawing of the school. Well done to all of the runners-up. Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎄🎄
Mrs Bateman and Miss Lealman would like to thank our teachers and all the Fairfield staff for their hard work and dedication this year, especially over the last couple of months.
#thankateacherday
👏👏👏
It’s National
#ThankATeacher
day. To celebrate we are delighted to launch a card designed exclusively by award-winning illustrator Axel Scheffler
@TheRealGruffalo
Send your LIMITED EDITION e-card TODAY to thank an AMAZING teacher, school or support staff.
We had another excellent week in
@ParellelMaths
this week but special congratulations to our 100% achievers.
Amelia (7Ma1), Jessica (7Ma1), Eve (7Ma1), Rida (7Ma5), Evie (7Ma5), Brogan (8Ma5), Martha (8Ma5), Shomili (9Ma5), Lily (9Ma5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
@SLSingh
New Year 7 pupils who attend our Summer School will receive 10 hours of English and Maths tuition from
@TheTutorTrust
alongside enrichment activities such as gardening, yoga, mindfulness and cooking. We will end the week with a celebration event to mark the end of Summer School.
Well done and congratulations to Fairfield Old Girl Georgia Taylor-Brown for winning gold at the Triathlon World Championships! 🥇
Triathlon World Championships: Georgia Taylor-Brown wins gold for Britain
Two months ago, a former Head of Mathematics (1948-1958) at Fairfield High School for Girls, Miss Kathleen Auty, celebrated her 100th birthday! Fairfield has our very own contender for 'Great Women of Mathematics'
@GWOMaths
. ♥️♥️♥️
Well done to all the girls working hard for their GCSE Maths learning. Here is a great Yr10 example of work on volume and surface area of cylinder and a fantastic example of Yr11 logical working for GCSE crossover exam questions. 👏👏👏
Well done to the 29 pupils who completed their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Expedition at Linnet Clough. Thank you to the staff who supported them. 🦡🏅
@DofE
@LCscoutcamp
Our friends in the Fairfield Old Girls' Association have shared some incredible footage of a Sports Day from June 26th 1930. As we begin to commemorate the 75th anniversary of
#VEDay
please think about the sacrifice these girls went on to make during WWII
#fairfieldhistory
Thank you to Yvonne Davis for her campaign to provide every school with a free copy of
@100greatblackbritons
. It will be used in our next curriculum CPD session. It is an inspirational book that celebrates incredible achievements and remarkable stories.
#100greatblackbritons
Well done to all the girls working hard at home and in school today. They can contact their teacher by email or through Microsoft Teams if they need help.
The school was looking good in the afternoon sun today. Not bad for a 224 year old...
Well done to all of our athletes representing Fairfield in the Tameside School Athletics Competition at Sport City today. Fairfield finished 3rd overall with excellent performances throughout the day. ⭐⭐⭐
Year 8 pupils have recently visited the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, looking at the Transatlantic Slavery exhibition and taking part in a thought-provoking workshop.
@NML_Muse
The ceramic poppies were made with the support of Miss Jones and Miss Stanton 👏👏
As part of the unveiling ceremony, Miss Willcock played the ‘Last Post’, a Year 10 pupil read ‘In Flanders Fields’ and staff and pupils across school observed a two-minute silence at 11:00am.
A fantastic evening to celebrate the Year 10's completion of the 2022 Realising Aspirations Programme!
Students took part in college level academic sessions, attended university talks and challenged themselves by completing a subject assignment.
Well done to all participants⭐
Well done to Emily Hargreaves in Year 7 for working so hard at home. Emily has displayed fantastic creativity creating a model of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre for English, decorating a beautiful cake for Food Tech and sketching a cat in Art. Amazing work Emily! 👏👏👏
From playing Ariel in the school production of the Little Mermaid to The Arden School of Theatre via
@ashtonsixthform
... congratulations to former Fairfield pupil Isabelle 🎭
Isabelle has secured a place at the
@ArdenSchool
of Theatre to study Acting for Live and Recorded Media.
She achieved A*A*B in Drama, Photography and History. Well done!
Our former Head Girl, Madeleine Frost, is off to the University of Cambridge to study French and the Tameside Reporter has got the story! 🇫🇷
@newsintameside
@LeeWild14
Congratulations to Madeleine Frost for her outstanding A-level results - French (A*), Maths (A*), History (A), EPQ (A)! Madeleine is going to the University Cambridge to study French!
#Classof2019
@Cambridge_Uni
👏👏👏
Here at Fairfield we have many talented and creative young artists and our new Art Gallery is a celebration of this. First of all we have Year 8 Nature Photography to share with you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Please join us for our Virtual Open Evening on Thursday 1st October. Our Open Evening page will be going live on the school website at 3pm with our new video prospectus, interviews with pupils and staff and a range of information to help you in your choice of secondary school.
We have 19 Year 11 pupils in school this morning completing independent revision and receiving support with GCSE English. This is part of our D6 Programme on Saturday mornings in the school library. Well done to the staff and pupils taking part.👏👏👏
We are very proud of what our fantastic Year 11 pupils achieved as part of their Young Leaders Award. £5000+ raised for
@wearepreventBC
and demonstrating the Fairfield
#responsiblecitizen
values. Thank you to
@ABYyouthtrust
for producing this video. ♥️
"I've really enjoyed the Young Leaders Award because it's taught me a lot of skills that I didn't have before like... understanding other people's point of views" 🙌
Pupils from
@Fairfield_HSFG
share how the Young Leaders Award has impacted their lives. 👇
Nineteen Year 9 pupils visited The University of Manchester
@OfficialUoM
to attend the Viva Languages Enrichment Event. The girls learnt about where languages study can take you, made their own videos in French and German and even learnt some Japanese! 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇯🇵
Well done to all of our former pupils receiving their A-level results today! Emily Nixon (Class of 2019) has achieved exceptional results at
@ClarendonSixth
Well done and congratulations to Fairfield Old Girl Georgia Taylor-Brown for winning gold at the Triathlon World Championships! 🥇
Triathlon World Championships: Georgia Taylor-Brown wins gold for Britain
Here is the Fairfield Extra-Curricular Programme for the Autumn Term 2022-23. Thank you to all the staff hosting the different activities. Form tutors will share more details with pupils this week.
Fairfield pupils completed 35343 assignment questions on
@MathsWatch
during May and watched 3116 videos to help them make progress in Maths. A huge well done to all, particularly those in the top ten in their year groups… 🥇
Please vote for Fairfield's 'Team Hello World' in the Longitude Explorer People's Choice Award.
A team of Fairfield pupils have submitted the idea of an app that uses Artificial Intelligence to turn sign language into text.
♥️♥️♥️
The Fairfield High School for Girls Virtual Art Exhibition is now live! The link below will take you to an incredible selection of artwork from our amazing pupils.
Our new Year 7 pupils have been making wind chimes and decorating pots in our gardening workshops at Summer School, giving them another lovely memento to take home.
Roisin West and Minaal Asjid in Year 7 completed an extra Science project on Diet and Health. They both worked hard to complete this work together. Great teamwork girls! 👍
Our Great Languages Bake-off competition, to celebrate
#europeandayoflanguages
2021, saw some incredible cakes! The winners will be announced next week! 🇫🇷🇩🇪
Thank you to everyone who donated food and toiletries to the Ukraine Appeal. A car and van full of supplies was delivered on Monday to the Association of Ukrainians in Ashton. Thank you to the Year 11 pupils who organised this as part of the
@ABYyouthtrust
Young Leaders Award 🇺🇦