Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School
St Leonard's Road East, Lytham St Annes, FY8 2HQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Glyn Denton
- Constituency
- Fylde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 239
- URN
- 119284
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01253723465
About this school
Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School is a community primary school in Lytham St Annes. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 239 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 55 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 65% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 11% | 23% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 85% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 69% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 76% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.10 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary 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 | Lancashire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 71% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 58.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 246 |
| 2023/24 | 245 |
| 2024/25 | 232 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School compares
Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School ranked 80th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 4% | 37.5% | 239 | — |
| Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School | 73% | 4.7% | 18.3% | 575 | 0.5 miles |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.7 miles |
| St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School | 70% | 5.7% | 26.6% | 184 | 0.8 miles |
| Clifton Primary School | 53% | 5.2% | 11.9% | 214 | 1.3 miles |
| Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School | 75% | 5% | 15.4% | 418 | 1.5 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 March 2026
- 11 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.5%
- English as an additional language
- 12.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.98%
- Persistent absence
- 7.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
Clifton Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Lytham St Annes
-
Blackpool St Nicholas CofE Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Blackpool
Other schools in Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School ranks 3rd of the 6 ranked primary schools in Lytham St Annes.
- Ansdell Primary School Primary
- Clifton Primary School Primary
- Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
- Lytham Hall Park Primary School Primary
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Lytham Primary
- St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham Secondary
- Red Rose School Special schools
- AKS Lytham Independent schools
- St Anne's College Grammar School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School teach?
- Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Lytham St Annes.
- Who is the headteacher of Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School is Mr Glyn Denton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary 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 many pupils are at Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School?
- Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School has 239 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School full?
- Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School has capacity for 270 pupils and 239 on roll (89%), so it has space against 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 Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School compare with other schools in Lancashire?
- Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School ranked 80th of 445 primary schools in Lancashire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary 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 June 2026.