Fairfax School
Encyclopedia
Fairfax School is an 11-19 Secondary School in Sutton Coldfield
, north of Birmingham
. The school was established in 1959.
The school is in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
scheme and also holds an annual Eisteddfod as well as other arts productions throughout the year. Establishment of the Eisteddfod can be traced back many years to the original foundation headmaster. There is a tradition of student extracurricular activity which may help the secondary School in academic league tables as well as its general reputation on which it thrives. The school is ranked as 18th in the West Midlands.
, it then transitioned to become a foundation school
under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998
. The School converted to become an Academy (English school) on 1st July 2011.
Mrs S Calvert was appointed Headteacher in September 2006, but will leave in December 2011 to take up post as Headteacher at Crompton House
School
Notably Football and Hockey are not taught at Fairfax to boys.
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield is a suburb of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham but has borders with Erdington and Kingstanding. Sutton is in the northeast of Birmingham, with a population of 105,000 recorded in the 2001 census...
, north of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
. The school was established in 1959.
The school is in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award , is a programme of activities that can be undertaken by anyone aged 14 to 24, regardless of personal ability....
scheme and also holds an annual Eisteddfod as well as other arts productions throughout the year. Establishment of the Eisteddfod can be traced back many years to the original foundation headmaster. There is a tradition of student extracurricular activity which may help the secondary School in academic league tables as well as its general reputation on which it thrives. The school is ranked as 18th in the West Midlands.
History
The school's previous headmaster (Mr R Metcalfe) the Senior Management Team and Governors made the school grant maintainedGrant-maintained school
Grant-maintained schools were state schools in England and Wales between 1988 and 1998 that had opted out of local government control, being funded directly by a grant from central government...
, it then transitioned to become a foundation school
Foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998
School Standards and Framework Act 1998
The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 was the major education legislation passed by the incoming Labour government of Tony Blair.This Act:* imposed a limit of 30 on infant class sizes....
. The School converted to become an Academy (English school) on 1st July 2011.
Mrs S Calvert was appointed Headteacher in September 2006, but will leave in December 2011 to take up post as Headteacher at Crompton House
Crompton House
Crompton House Church of England High School is a mixed gender voluntary aided Church of England secondary school and sixth form for 11–18 year olds, located in the High Crompton area of Shaw and Crompton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England...
School
Sports
Fairfax offers sports for both boys and girls, as well as for its physically impaired students. For boys there is Rugby, Cricket, Basketball, Badminton, Swimming, Gym, Rowing, Soft Ball and Athletics. And for girls there is Hockey, Netball, Rounders, Badminton, Rowing, Football, Swimming, Dance, Gym and Athletics. For Fairfax's disabled students there are a great range of activities, most notably though are Zone Hockey and the Athletics.Notably Football and Hockey are not taught at Fairfax to boys.