Mayfield School
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F24
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Portsmouth, PO2 0RH
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Admiral Lord Nelson School
Dundas Lane, Portsmouth, PO3 5XT
Local ranking5th of 11 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 234
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1244
- Boys
- 647 (52%)
- Girls
- 598 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (100% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.4%
- EAL
- 9.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,638/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.6%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.3%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
83.6%
White British
4.1%
White Other
2.3%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140697
- UKPRN
- 10045646
- Establishment No.
- 4320
- Trust
- THE SALTERNS ACADEMY TRUST
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