Community special school

Mayfield School

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formCumberland, North West · Whitehaven CA28 8UGSchool website
Pupils on roll
274of 255 places
Free school meals
47.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
13
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 8 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 14 pupils who finished Year 11 at Mayfield School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Mayfield School’s own sixth form (Cumberland average 37%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Cumberland and England.

Mayfield School
Cumberland
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureMayfield SchoolCumberlandEngland
Pupils in the cohort142,780607,348
Any sustained destination93%91%92%
Stayed in education93%74%86%
— school sixth form0%37%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college0%36%37%
— other education93%1%2%
Apprenticeship0%12%3%
Employment0%5%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown7%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Where Mayfield School is

Other secondary schools in Cumberland are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Cumberland’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Cumberland

Caldew School

Academy converter · sixth form · 990 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3

Cockermouth School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,254 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9

Energy Coast UTC

University technical college · sixth form · 383 pupils

61% stayed in education · Attainment 8 24.2

Keswick School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,208 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.1

Millom School

Community school · sixth form · 476 pupils

48% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.