Mayfield School
Heathfield Road, Birmingham, B19 1HJ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EDUCATION IMPACT ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Victoria Miller
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Education Impact Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 303
- URN
- 148225
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01218092500
About this school
Mayfield School is a special academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 303 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 22 | 20 |
| 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 | -5.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.00 | - | - |
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 | 27 | 27 | 23 |
| 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 | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 15.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 306 |
| 2023/24 | 309 |
| 2024/25 | 304 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 68.75%
- English as an additional language
- 70.7%
- Overall absence
- 15.48%
- Persistent absence
- 40%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Birmingham Independent College0.6 miles
Independent schools · Birmingham
-
Newbury Independent School0.7 miles
Independent schools · Birmingham
-
Titan St Georges Academy0.7 miles
Free Schools · Birmingham
-
Birchfield Independent Girls' School0.8 miles
Independent schools · Birmingham
-
Flexible Learning School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
- Baskerville School Special schools
- Beaufort School Special schools
- Beaufort School Academies
- Braidwood School for the Deaf Special schools
- Brays School Academies
- Calthorpe Academy Academies
- Castlewood School Academies
- Cherry Oak School Special schools
- City of Birmingham School Local authority maintained schools
- East Birmingham Network Academy Free Schools
- Ebn Academy 2 Free Schools
- Everything Education School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Mayfield School teach?
- Mayfield School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Mayfield School?
- The headteacher of Mayfield School is Victoria Miller, 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 303 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Mayfield School full?
- Mayfield School has capacity for 315 pupils and 303 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. 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.
- Who runs Mayfield School?
- Mayfield School is part of EDUCATION IMPACT ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- 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 15.5% 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 10 July 2026.