Mayfield School
About the school
Mayfield School is an open all-through school in Portsmouth.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 15 November 2022
- Published
- 2 February 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Inadequate
Category of concern: SWK
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
No
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 31.3
- Portsmouth
- 39.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Portsmouth
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 17.40%
- Portsmouth
- 35.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 38.70%
- Portsmouth
- 55.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 26.50%
- Portsmouth
- 42.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.65
- Portsmouth
- 3.5
- England
- 4.09
Key Stage 2 results
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1360
Girls
50.44%
Boys
49.56%
SEN support
17.79%
Education, health and care plan
3.24%
English as an additional language
12.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
32.72%
Overall absence
11.36
Persistent absence
31.65