Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Portsmouth
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 15 November 2022Graded inspection: Inadequate · as Mayfield School, URN 116463
- 11 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Mayfield School, URN 116463
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry415 applications · 110 places offered · 114 named it first
- 2026 3.8; Portsmouth median median 2.1
- 2025 3.1; Portsmouth median median 1.9
- 2024 3.0; Portsmouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2023 3.4; Portsmouth median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 3.0; Portsmouth median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 2.3; Portsmouth median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 2.4; Portsmouth median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Portsmouth median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Portsmouth median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Portsmouth median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.2; Portsmouth median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; Portsmouth median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Dashed bars: as Mayfield School (URN 116463), the previous school.
Reception entry, September 2026: 3.3 per place (128 applications for 39 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 110 | 415 | 3.8 | 114 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 110 | 339 | 3.1 | 63 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2024 * | 109 | 325 | 3.0 | 78 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2023 * | 120 | 402 | 3.4 | 115 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 * | 108 | 320 | 3.0 | 146 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2021 * | 139 | 322 | 2.3 | 127 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 142 | 334 | 2.4 | 135 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 * | 180 | 356 | 2.0 | 155 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 * | 186 | 383 | 2.1 | 169 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 * | 197 | 371 | 1.9 | 194 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 198 | 429 | 2.2 | 238 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 * | 200 | 452 | 2.3 | 265 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2014 * | 236 | 424 | 1.8 | 239 | 1.01 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 176 | 31.1 | 19% | 38% | – |
| 2024/25 | – | ||||
| 2023/24 * | 191 | 34.0 | 18% | 44% | −0.80 |
| 2022/23 * | 188 | 30.6 | 15% | 35% | −0.92 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Mayfield SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses Inadequate20223.8applications per place 31.1Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · PortsmouthGood20232.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Portsmouth202548.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Portsmouth20263.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · PortsmouthRemains Good20221.9applications per place 34.5Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · PortsmouthGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 35.8Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · PortsmouthRemains Outstanding20222.9applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · PortsmouthGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · PortsmouthGood20222.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 150362 · 851/4007
- Trust
- The Salterns Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,450 pupils · 1,354 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2024
- Replaced
- Mayfield School (URN 116463)
- Address
- Mayfield Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 0RH
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources