My "High School (known in England as a Grammar School)

 Fairfield Grammar School was a secondary school in Bristol, England, founded in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School.

The school, situated between Fairlawn, Fairfield and Falkland Roads in Montpelier, began life in 1898 as Fairfield Secondary and Higher Grade School for boys and girls.

Designed by William Larkin Bernard, the Bristol School Board architect, there were obvious similarities with several other Bristol Board Schools that were built around the same time, but Fairfield's prominent position on the hills of Montpelier has always made it stand out.

It was that very situation on the hill that contributed to arguments against it ever coming into existence as some opponents said the hill was too steep for children to have to climb. Other reasons were the 'enormous amount of money' required for this new school that many thought was not even necessary and the adverse effects on the value of houses in the area.

The Bristol School Board overruled all objections as to position, cost and effect on the neighbourhood. The gabled buildings were constructed of 'pennant stone relieved by red brick at the windows and doors and with terracotta decorations' and offered places for just over a thousand children.

Fairfield remained in these premises for over a century, surviving two world wars. There were changes in this time, of course, one being that it was accorded grammar school status in 1945, after the 1944 Education Act.