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@Fairfield_HSFG We can't wait to welcome prospective students and families into school for our Open Evening tonight! Come along to see why we're the right choice for your child's education, discover our curriculum, meet our passionate teacher and learn about our support.
- Our School
The community were pioneers, realising the value and...
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Fairfield High School for Girls Fairfield Avenue, Droylsden,...
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In June 1796 Sister Mary Tyrrell opened a small girls’...
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- Our School
Fairfield High School for Girls, is an all-girls' secondary academy in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, England. Admissions. There are around 950 girls and over 50 teachers.
The community were pioneers, realising the value and transformative power of educating young women. This led to the establishment of the boarding school for girls during 1796, as part of the historic Moravian settlement.
- The Moravians
- Pioneers For Female Education
- Brethren House
- Becoming Fairfield
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- Follow Your Star
- The Present and The Future
Fairfield High School for Girls is one of the oldest all-girls schools in the country and has been a source of optimism for young women and their families in Manchester and Tameside for over 200 years. We have seen many changes. We owe our existence to the Moravian Church, a Protestant body originating in the 15thcentury, in what is now the Czech R...
In June 1796 Sister Mary Tyrrell opened a small girls’ boarding school – Moravian Girls’ Boarding School. With just 21 girls and 6 teachers it was the only girls’ school in a 25-mile radius of Manchester at this time, and the school can be regarded as a pioneer for female education, equality and emancipation. During the founding years, girls were t...
By 1881 the school had moved to the former Sister’s House (now the Moravian College) and in 1903, Fairfield girls attended university for the first time. Three years later the school moved into the Brethren House from the Sister’s House. The Brethren House, rebuilt in 1871, is now part of the existing school and is home to the Modern Languages, Eng...
After the First World War, in September 1919, the school became a Grammar School run by Lancashire Education Committee and was renamed ‘Fairfield High School for Girls’. The school was under the headship of Miss Edwards and the Moravian community donated furniture including chairs, an oak chest, bookcase, tables and two Grandfather clocks. One of t...
The change to Fairfield High School for Girls meant the school building was modernised. Central heating and electric lights were installed in 1921. The new building, which currently houses the Library, Hall, Student Support and Drama Studio, was constructed in 1925 with the Assembly Hall completed in 1927. Parents and pupils organised fund-raising ...
The school continued to be a beacon in Manchester and the surrounding area for female education and during the Speech Day of 1923, Mrs Simon, Mayoress of Manchester said to the pupils: “Don’t be prevented from following your star because of the fact that you are girls and not boys.” The spirit behind this message was exemplified by one of Fairfield...
Fairfield High School for Girls changed to a Comprehensive School in 1980. We are now an 11-16 Academy, providing a high quality education for over 975 girls. Since then we have continued to go from strength to strength with exceptional examination results over the last three years and an outstanding quality of education being provided (Ofsted, 202...
This school was rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. For it's latest set of GCSE results it scored an 56.7 attainment 8 score. 64 percent of students got a grade 5 or above in Maths and English and 76 percent of students got 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (A-C).
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Fairfield High School for Girls. All maintained school governing bodies and academy trusts have a legal duty to provide all of the governance information requested on this page in so far as...
Address. Fairfield High School For Girls Fairfield Avenue, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 6AB. Unique group identifier (UID) 3079. Group identifier (ID) TR00769. Company number. (also known as Companies House (CH) number) 07511610 (opens in new tab)
