Mayfield School
Mayfield Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 0RH
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Mayfield School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Ashley Howard
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,420
- Pupils on roll
- 1,432
- URN
- 116463
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
About this school
Mayfield School was a community all-through school in Portsmouth. It taught children aged 4 to 16 and had 1,432 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mayfield School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 87 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 55% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 62% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 69% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% | 62% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
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 | 188 | 191 | 155 |
| Attainment 8 score | 30.6 | 34.0 | 31.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.92 -1.12 to -0.71 | -0.80 -1.01 to -0.59 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 18.3% | 17.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 35% | 44% | 38.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 36% | 25.1% | 26.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
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 | Portsmouth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39% | 48% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 48.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 55% | 51.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Portsmouth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30.6 | 35.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34 | 35.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 31.3 | 33.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,474 |
| 2023/24 | 1,432 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mayfield School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31.3 | 9.5% | 31.3% | 1,432 | — |
| Mayfield School | — | 11.4% | 32.7% | 1,354 | 0.1 miles |
| Cliffdale Primary Academy | — | 7.6% | 58% | 218 | 0.2 miles |
| King's Academy College Park (Junior) | — | 5.2% | 31.3% | 434 | 0.2 miles |
| King's Academy College Park (Infant) | — | 4.9% | 15.7% | 304 | 0.2 miles |
| King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) | — | 5.4% | 23.3% | 231 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.3%
- English as an additional language
- 11.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.5%
- Persistent absence
- 25.8%
Location
Nearby schools
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Mayfield School0.1 miles
All-through · Portsmouth
-
Cliffdale Primary Academy0.2 miles
Academies · Portsmouth
-
King's Academy College Park (Junior)0.2 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
-
King's Academy College Park (Infant)0.2 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
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King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)0.5 miles
Primary · Portsmouth
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Mayfield School All-through
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy Primary
- Ark Dickens Primary Academy Primary
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery Primary
- Beacon View Primary Academy Primary
- Copnor Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Court Lane Infant Academy Primary
- Court Lane Junior Academy Primary
- Gatcombe Park Primary School Primary
- Highbury Primary School Primary
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mayfield School teach?
- Mayfield School taught children aged 4 to 16. It was an all-through school in Portsmouth.
- Has Mayfield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mayfield School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Mayfield School?
- Mayfield School had 1,432 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- How have Mayfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- 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 30 September 2024.