Mayfield School - The School Companion

Mayfield School

Portsmouth · PO2 0RH

General information All-through School · 4-16 years Who goes here 1354 pupils, 35.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Inadequate

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Mayfield School

General Information

Address: Mayfield Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 0RH – View on map
Phone: 02392693432
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Ashley Howard
Age range: 4-16 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 114 families put it first for 110 places – 10 for every 10 places. 84% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2025 6 · 2026 10
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 39 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 39 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1354 pupils out of 1450 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 481
% eligible for free school meals: 35.5%
Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Portsmouth average)
English as an additional language: 14% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 23.6% a year (Portsmouth 15.3%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 27% moved to another school, 73% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Portsmouth: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 14 (1.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 19 (1.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 17 (1.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Portsmouth, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 11.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 31.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 90 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 49 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 31 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 20 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 13 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 29 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Behaviour

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Educational Attainment

Inadequate 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

An Attainment 8 score for this school hasn't been added yet.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.

View full Ofsted inspection report

6th of 6 all-through schools in Portsmouth for Ofsted rating

#4The Portsmouth AcademyGood
#5Trafalgar SchoolGood
#6Mayfield SchoolInadequate

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1St Edmund's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
#2Priory SchoolGood
#3Springfield SchoolGood
#4The Portsmouth AcademyGood
#5Trafalgar SchoolGood
#6Mayfield SchoolInadequate

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,639 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

11th of 11 all-through schools in Portsmouth for spending per pupil

#9Springfield School£7,021
#10The Portsmouth Academy£6,997
#11Mayfield School£6,639

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Ark Charter Academy£9,612
#2Castle View Academy£9,075
#3Priory School£8,087
#4UTC Portsmouth£7,978
#5Trafalgar School£7,922
#6Miltoncross Academy£7,919
#7Admiral Lord Nelson School£7,638
#8St Edmund's Catholic School£7,140
#9Springfield School£7,021
#10The Portsmouth Academy£6,997
#11Mayfield School£6,639

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