Mayfield School
All-through schoolMayfield School is a all-through school in Portsmouth, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 1,354 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), November 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Mayfield School was 31.1, against 39.3 in Portsmouth and 46.2 in England.
19.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 54% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 31.1 | 39.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19.3% | 34.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38.1% | 55.1% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 176 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Cliffdale Primary AcademySpecial. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met190 m
- King's Academy College Park (Junior)Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- King's Academy College Park (Infant)Primary. Good (overall), November 2023430 m
- Copnor Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant)Primary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade780 m
- Gatcombe Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Portsmouth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).