Mayfield School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 4–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 31 31.1 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 31.1 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 19.3% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 5.1% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[3]
Ofsted
No published data for this school.
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 3.8 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- Applications (any preference)
- 415 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- First preferences
- 114 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- Places offered
- 110 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- First preferences per place
- 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[4]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 339[4] | 63[4] | 110[4] | 3.1[4] | 0.6[4] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 3.3 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- Applications (any preference)
- 128 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- First preferences
- 38 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- Places offered
- 39 Entry Sept 2026[4]
- First preferences per place
- 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[4]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 143[4] | 35[4] | 36[4] | 4.0[4] | 1.0[4] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 200 Entry Sept 2027[5]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 4–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1450[1]
- Trust
- THE SALTERNS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Portsmouth[1]
- Website
- www.mayfield.portsmouth.sch.uk[1]
- District
- Portsmouth[6]
- Postcode
- PO2 0RH[1]
- URN
- 150362[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1360 2024/25[7]
- English as an additional language
- 12.5% 2024/25[7]
- SEN support
- 17.8% 2024/25[7]
- EHC plan
- 3.2% 2024/25[7]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 32.7% 2024/25[7]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 82.3%[8]
- Mixed
- 4.8%[8]
- Asian
- 6.1%[8]
- Black
- 4.9%[8]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0.7%[8]
- Unclassified
- 1.1%[8]
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
- 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.
- 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.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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mayfield.portsmouth.sch.uk: mayfield.portsmouth.sch.uk — Admission Policy 2027-2028 pending Academy Approval (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
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• 110* places additional places for external applicants for Year 7 (total PAN of 200 including 90 children moving up from Year 6) *If current Year 6 are under PAN at the time of allocation for secondary intake to Year 7, the additional places will be offered to external applicants to deliver the PAN set for the intake year. (p. 1)
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.