Secondary
Fairfax
Fairfax Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1581 of 1584 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- FAIRFAX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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
53%
49.1
5th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Sutton Coldfield we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.32 |
| Entered the EBacc | 29% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.16 |
| A level students | 119 |
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 | 56% |
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 48% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.7 |
| 22/23 | 31.1 |
| 23/24 | 32.2 |
| 24/25 | 34.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.06 |
| 22/23 | -0.17 |
| 23/24 | -0.13 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.6 |
| 22/23 | 47.5 |
| 23/24 | 48.6 |
| 24/25 | 49.1 |
Fairfax Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
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.
Birmingham 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 of Academy
- Sean Castle
- Address
- Fairfax Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
- Telephone
- 01213781288