Fairfax
School Name: Fairfax Address: Fairfax Road Town/City: Sutton Coldfield County: West Midlands Postcode: B75 7JT Telephone Number: 0121 378 1288 Website: http://www.fairfax.bham.sch.uk
Phase: Secondary (ages 11-18) Type: Academy converter Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2011 Trust: Fairfax Multi Academy Trust Sponsor: Fairfax
Head of Academy: Mr Sean Castle
Capacity: 1584
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 1581 (45% boys & 55% girls)
Enrollment: 100% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 23%
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- PD - Physical Disability
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
URN: 136908
DfE Number: 330/5410
UKPRN: 10034152
UPRN: 100071418287
Region: West Midlands (E12000005)
District: Birmingham (E08000025)
Constituency: Sutton Coldfield (E14001535)
Electoral Ward: Sutton Reddicap (E05011176)
Easting & Northing: 413812E, 295975N
Latitude & Longitude: 52° 33' 43.46" N 1° 47' 51.18" W
Plus Code: 9C4WH662+RX
DfE Record: View record
- The Royal Sutton School (0.2km)
- Hollyfield Primary School (0.2km)
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (0.7km)
- New Hall Primary School (1.2km)
- Trinity Specialist College (1.3km)
- Whitehouse Common Primary School (1.4km)
- Plantsbrook School (1.4km)
- Maney Hill Primary School (1.7km)
- Bishop Walsh Catholic School (1.8km)
- Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (1.9km)
Same trust
Same sponsor Predecessor school†
- Mr Shakeel Ahmed - Local Governor. Appointed on 25 February 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 19 November 2025.
- Mrs Katherine Dockery - Local Governor. Appointed on 14 November 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 13 November 2028.
- Lynda Jones - Local Governor. Appointed on 8 July 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 7 July 2028.
- Ms Lynda Lewis - Local Governor. Appointed on 30 March 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 19 November 2025.
- Mr Sameer Mody - Local Governor. Appointed on 5 May 2026 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 4 May 2030.
- Mr Andy Perry - Local Governor. Appointed on 2 May 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 11 November 2025.
- Mrs Francine Jane Kathleen Philpott - Local Governor. Appointed on 13 April 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 12 April 2027.
- Ms Helen Sully - Local Governor. Appointed on 13 December 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 12 December 2028.
- Ms Nikki Thomas-Tapper - Local Governor. Appointed on 24 January 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 23 January 2027.
- Ms Sophie Ward - Chair of Local Governing Body. Appointed on 15 September 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 14 September 2029.