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Mayville High School[1]

Independent · ages 2–16

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
29 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 31.7[4] 0%[4]
2023/24 29.6[5] 0%[5]
2022/23 35.3[6] 0%[6]
2021/22 35[7] 0%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[8]

ISI inspection

Inspection
February 2024[9]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[9]
Leadership and governance
Standards not met[9]
Quality of education
Standards met[9]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[9]
Social and economic education
Standards met[9]
Safeguarding
Standards not met[9]

Leadership and governance

  • ISI recommended: The school should keep behaviour standards high in senior school lessons.

Social and economic education

  • ISI recommended: Leaders should improve careers information to help pupils choose post-16 courses wisely.

Previous ISI inspections: 2024, 2020, 2017, 2012 (2024 report, 2020 report, 2017 report, 2012 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Pre-prep, day
£3,860 a term 2023/24 · Reception – Year 2 · incl. VAT[10]
Prep, day
£4,360 a term 2023/24 · Year 3 – Year 4 · incl. VAT[10]
Senior, day
£6,518–£7,695 a year 2023/24 · KS3 (Senior School, years 7-9); KS4 (Senior School, years 10-11) · VAT not stated[10]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
2–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Local authority
Portsmouth[1]
Website
http://www.mayvillehighschool.com/[1]
Nursery classes
Has Nursery Classes[8]
Special classes
No Special Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Portsmouth[11]
Postcode
PO5 2PE[1]
URN
116573[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
458 2024/25[12]
SEN support
24.9% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[12]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Mayville High School, February 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  10. mayvillehighschool.com: mayvillehighschool.com — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (4)
    Reception - Year 2 £3,860 / term (p. 1)
    Year 3 - Year 4 £4,360 / term (p. 1)
    KS3 (Senior School, years 7-9) £6,518 / year (p. 1)
    KS4 (Senior School, years 10-11) £7,695 / year* (p. 1)
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.