Secondary school

Mayfield School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–16
  • Mixed
  • Portsmouth
  • PO2 0RH
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,215 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 99%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 77%77%2016/17: top 75%75% · 2016/172017/18: top 87%2018/19: top 76%2021/22: top 89%2022/23: top 99%2023/24: top 95%2024/25: top 99%No exams

Against South East

Attainment 831.3 · South East 461/10 Well below South East−10 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths17.4% · South East 44.8%1/10 Well below South East−6.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score2.65 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East−11.3 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.80 · South East +0.011/10 Well below South East−19.1 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.7 · 186 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 41.7 · 177 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 38.4 · 217 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 41.3 · 199 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 39.5 · 184 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 30.6 · 188 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 34 · 191 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 31.3 · 155 pupils · South East 4645.730.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 28% · 177 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 23% · 217 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 25% · 199 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 26% · 184 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 15% · 188 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 18.3% · 191 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 17.4% · 155 pupils · South East 44.8%28%15%No exams

Getting in · 2026

Reception

First-choice families who got in100%
38 of 38 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3838
2nd330
3rd321

Year 7

First-choice families who got in84.2%
96 of 114 who put it first2014 · 92.9%2026 · 84.2%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st11496
2nd10210
3rd893

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2016Goodas predecessor
  6. 2021Remains Goodas predecessor
  7. 2022Inadequateas predecessor
  8. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Early years provision

4 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding No · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,354
Free school meals (past 6 years)32.7%
First language not English12.5%
SEN support17.8%
EHC plan3.2%
Absence (sessions missed)11.4%
Persistently absent pupils31.6%

Girls 50.4%Boys 49.6%

93.4% full · 1,450 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.7
Pupils per adult10.0
  • Classroom teachers 66.8
  • Leadership 9.9
  • Teaching assistants 50.3
  • Other support 23.8

Teachers 76.7 FTE · Whole workforce 150.8 · 154 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 11 months.

  • +£692,000revenue reserve
  • +£883,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: THE SALTERNS ACADEMY TRUST (3 academies) · trust reserve £2,001,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

191 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained87.4%
  • Education74.3%
  • Apprenticeship5.8%
  • Employment7.3%
  • Not sustained7.3%
  • Unknown5.2%