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Mayfield School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 46.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
41.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
0.00 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45[6] 36.6%[6]
2023/24 45.2[4] 44%[4] 0.00[4]
2022/23 46.3[7] 44%[7] +0.05[7]
2021/22 45.2[8] 38%[8] -0.13[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 5.7%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 5%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 5.4%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
68% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[15] 63%[15] 3%[15] 22%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 59%[16] 4%[16] 29%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 70%[17] 4%[17] 20%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 89%[18] 60%[18] 3%[18] 25%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
63% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
8% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 63%[20] 66%[20] 6%[20] 14%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 73%[21] 76%[21] 6%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 69%[22] 78%[22] 3%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 67%[23] 78%[23] 3%[23] 8%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
18% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
17% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 84%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 18%[25] 17%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 17%[27] 16%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 77%[28] 21%[28] 20%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
16 Apr 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
15 May 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
31 Oct 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
21 Mar 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
432 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
140 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
232 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 409[32] 132[32] 258[32] 1.6[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 413[32] 103[32] 309[32] 1.3[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2023 433[32] 116[32] 298[32] 1.5[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 450[32] 131[32] 319[32] 1.4[32] 0.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1940[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
http://www.mayfieldschool.net/[1]
District
Redbridge[33]
Postcode
RM8 1XE[1]
URN
102858[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1845 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
63.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
15.8%[35]
Mixed
6.1%[35]
Asian
59.4%[35]
Black
11.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
4%[35]
Unclassified
3%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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