Achievements
87% of Sec 4 Express leavers were eligible for Junior College in 2007. The school achieved 76% distinctions in English Literature, compared with a national average of 37%, and 73% in Maths, compared with a national average of 55%.
The number of pupils with 7 distinctions has seen an increase from 17 in 2010 to 27 in 2011. The number of pupils with 8 distinctions has also increased from 4 in 2010 to 11 in 2011.
The school's Symphonic Band won a Gold award in the 2008 National Band Competition. Also in 2008, the school won Gold with Honours in the National Chinese Short Play competition, and 2nd prize in the Drama of History competition. The school's Boys Brigade won Gold in the JM Fraser Award for Excellence. The school's choir won Gold in the SYF 2007.
Fairfield's English Drama has also won consecutive Gold with Honor's in the years 2009 and 2011, for their performances of Hamlet and Over the Wall.
In 2008 FMSS received a special School Distinction Award from the Ministry of Education. It has also been awarded the Best Practice Award (Teaching and Learning), the Outstanding Development Award (Character Development), and the Sustained Achievement Awards for Academic Value-Addedness, Uniformed Groups and Sports.
The Fairfield Volleyball team is one of the most successful CCA in the school. It has produced successful results since as long as more than 10 years ago. Led by coaches Tan Wee Ang and Lau Chun Tee, the current crop of Fairfield Volleyballers have achieved 2nd place in the 'B division boys' category and 3rd in the 'B division girls' category in the South-Zone.
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