Mayfield School
Campus Whitehaven, Red Lonning, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Sophie McCabe
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 255
- Pupils on roll
- 274
- URN
- 112464
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01946691253
About this school
Mayfield School is a community special school in Whitehaven. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 274 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 23 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mayfield School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 234 |
| 2024/25 | 257 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.74%
- English as an additional language
- 1.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.22%
- Persistent absence
- 23.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bees School3.7 miles
Independent schools
-
West Cumbria Learning Centre4.3 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Workington
-
Branthwaite Academy5.5 miles
Free Schools · Workington
-
St Benedict's Catholic High School0.2 miles
Secondary · Whitehaven
-
The Whitehaven Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Whitehaven
Other schools in Whitehaven
- Bransty Primary School Primary
- Hensingham Primary School Primary
- Jericho Primary School Primary
- Kells Infant School Primary
- Lowca Community School Primary
- Monkwray Junior School Primary
- Moresby Primary School Primary
- St Begh's Catholic Junior School Primary
- St Bridget's CofE School Primary
- St Gregory and St Patrick's Catholic Infant School Primary
- St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School Primary
- St James' CofE Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mayfield School teach?
- Mayfield School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Whitehaven.
- Who is the headteacher of Mayfield School?
- The headteacher of Mayfield School is Ms Sophie McCabe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mayfield School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mayfield School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mayfield School?
- Mayfield School has 274 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Mayfield School full?
- Mayfield School has capacity for 255 pupils and 274 on roll (107%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mayfield School a faith school?
- No. Mayfield School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Mayfield School have?
- The schools register lists Mayfield School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Mayfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Mayfield School's absence rate?
- Mayfield School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mayfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mayfield School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.