Mayfield SchoolPhoenix Bay School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Torquay.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Mayfield School and Phoenix Bay School in Torquay.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Mayfield School was judged Good and Phoenix Bay School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Mayfield School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Mayfield School versus Phoenix Bay School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	TorquayMayfield School	TorquayPhoenix Bay School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	2-19	5-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	264	17
Capacity	200	50
Location	Torquay, TQ2 8NH	Torquay, TQ12 6NQ
GCSE results
Attainment 8	Not reported	5.0	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	Not reported	0.0%	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	Not reported	0.0%	64.8%
Entering EBacc	Not reported	0.0%	40.5%
EBacc average point score	Not reported	0.26	4.09
Cohort	14	7
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	98.0	Not reported	106.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	264	17
Free school meals (ever 6)	53.1%	0.0%
English as an additional language	3.8%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	10.0%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	36.2%	Not reported	15.8%

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.