Mayfield School
Moor Lane, Watcombe, Torquay, TQ2 8NH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Heron
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Torbay
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 304
- URN
- 113641
- Local authority
- Torbay
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01803328375
About this school
Mayfield School is a community special school in Torquay. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 304 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 5 June 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. 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 | 25 | 26 | 30 |
| 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% | 8% | 3% |
| Expected standard in maths | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 88.0 | 91.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 89.0 | - |
| Reading progress | -6.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -8.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - | - |
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 | 18 | 16 | 14 |
| 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 | Torbay average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 57% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 266 |
| 2023/24 | 265 |
| 2024/25 | 264 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.13%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.04%
- Persistent absence
- 36.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Combe Pafford School0.1 miles
Academies · Torquay
-
The Lodestar Academy1.0 miles
Academies · Torquay
-
Abbey School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Torquay
-
Eat That Frog C.I.C2.0 miles
Other types · Torquay
-
Glendinning Academy3.5 miles
Free Schools · Newton Abbot
Other schools in Torquay
- Combe Pafford School Academies
- Eat That Frog C.I.C Other types
- Phoenix Bay School Special schools
- The Lodestar Academy Academies
- All Saints Babbacombe CofE Primary School Primary
- Cockington Primary School Primary
- Ellacombe Church of England Academy Primary
- Homelands Primary School Primary
- Ilsham Church of England Academy Primary
- Lift Barton Hill Primary
- Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School Primary
- Preston Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mayfield School teach?
- Mayfield School teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Torquay.
- Who is the headteacher of Mayfield School?
- The headteacher of Mayfield School is Mr Stuart Heron, 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 304 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Mayfield School full?
- Mayfield School has capacity for 200 pupils and 304 on roll (152%), 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: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; 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 10% 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.