Fairfield High School
The Horsley Drive, Fairfield NSW 2165
Fairfield High School is a government secondary school in Fairfield, NSW for Years 7–12 with about 1,123 students. Its ICSEA is 878, where the national average is 1000.
Teaching staff: ACARA School Profile 2025. Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Terms
Attendance and enrolment
Enrolments by year, 2016–2025. Latest 1,123.
About this school, from public sources
Public online sources describe Fairfield High School as a comprehensive Year 7-12 government school in south-western Sydney, comprising a mainstream high school, an Intensive English Centre, and a Special Education Unit. The school's own site highlights its High Potential and Gifted Education program with HPGE classes, iSTEM elective, and HSC Extension courses, plus a flexible senior curriculum spanning ATAR, non-ATAR, and VET pathways, alongside strong literacy, numeracy, and technology focus.
Often praised
- Intensive English Centre for new arrivals
- High Potential and Gifted Education program
- Flexible ATAR/VET senior pathways
This note was generated from publicly available online sources (the school's website, official pages and online feedback) as at September 2026. It reflects what is said online, not an assessment by SchoolList AU or any government body, and it deliberately records only neutral and positive points. Confidence: low. Verify anything important with the school. Report an inaccuracy.
NAPLAN
School-level NAPLAN results are published by ACARA on My School under terms that do not allow them to be reproduced here. See Fairfield High School on My School · Why some data is missing
HSC 2025
Last 4 years
| Year | Band 6 / E4 results per Year 12 student | Band 6 / E4 results |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.03 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0.10 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0.08 | 13 |
| 2021 | 0.07 | 11 |
Counts are derived from NESA's published merit lists and exclude students who opted out of publication. The per-student figure divides each year's count by that year's Year 12 enrolment from ACARA's August census, so it is approximate. NSW law does not permit ranking schools by results, so no rank or percentile is shown.
Gifted and accelerated programs
HPGE Class
Many comprehensive public high schools run their own class or program for high-ability students, under names such as Gifted and Talented, Academic Extension, Academic Excellence (common in Queensland), Enrichment or SEAL. These are not a department program: each school sets its own entry (often a test or application in Year 6) and class size. Listed only where the school's own website describes a dedicated class; check details with the school.
- Year levels
- 7–10
Source: department page ↗. Check current entry dates with the school.
Location and nearby schools
Straight-line distances. List every school within 5 to 50 km.
| School | Suburb | Type | Distance | ICSEA | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield | Fairfield | Catholic high school | 0.9 km | 969 | 1,144 |
| Canley Vale High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | Canley Vale | Public high school | 2.3 km | 954 | 1,651 |
| Fairvale High School | Fairfield West | Public high school | 2.8 km | 912 | 1,320 |
| Pal Buddhist School | Canley Vale | Independent k–12 / combined | 2.9 km | 1,032 | 109 |
| Merrylands High School | Merrylands | Public high school | 2.9 km | 915 | 852 |
| Cerdon College | Merrylands | Catholic high school | 3.2 km | 1,041 | 1,001 |
| Chester Hill High School | Chester Hill | Public high school | 3.5 km | 912 | 1,056 |
| Westfields Sports High School | Fairfield West | Public high school | 3.5 km | 967 | 1,538 |
Schools with a similar ICSEA in NSW
Same sector and type, ICSEA within 25 points. This is the comparison that separates teaching from postcode.
| School | Suburb | Type | Students | ICSEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller High School | Miller | Public high school · 7-12 | 816 | 878 |
| Ashcroft High School | Ashcroft | Public high school · 7-12 | 701 | 877 |
| Airds High School | Campbelltown | Public high school · 7-12 | 542 | 875 |
| South Grafton High SchoolGifted class: Gifted class | South Grafton | Public high school · 7-12 | 639 | 875 |
| Cowra High School | Cowra | Public high school · 7-12 | 439 | 884 |
| James Meehan High School | Macquarie Fields | Public high school · 7-12 | 395 | 884 |
About this data
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Figures are from the latest published datasets and can lag the school by a year. Confirm enrolment rules and catchment boundaries with the school or department before relying on them.