Admiral Lord Nelson School
Academy converter · 1,245 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.4
Academy sponsor led
Mayfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,354of 1,450 places
- Free school meals
- 35.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
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- Ofsted
- Inadequate, 15 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Mayfield School (URN 116463, until 31 December 2023).
What the data says
Mayfield School has no sixth form. Of the 188 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 73% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
As an 11–16 school, Mayfield School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Portsmouth and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Mayfield School | Portsmouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 188 | 2,031 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 73% | 72% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 154 | — | 88% | 4% | 22% | 45% |
| English Language | 154 | — | 89% | 5% | 20% | 42% |
| English Literature | 153 | — | 86% | 5% | 21% | 43% |
| Combined Science | 141 | — | 65% | 3% | 9% | 30% |
| Business Studies | 72 | — | 18% | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| Geography | 67 | — | 41% | 4% | 25% | 30% |
| History | 62 | — | 41% | 3% | 26% | 40% |
| Computer Science | 51 | — | 13% | 2% | 30% | 27% |
| Spanish | 41 | — | 19% | 10% | 27% | 59% |
| Statistics | 33 | — | 5% | 3% | 20% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 32 | — | 31% | 6% | 32% | 66% |
| Drama | 30 | — | 7% | 3% | 27% | 67% |
| Dance | 27 | — | 1% | 19% | 27% | 70% |
| Photography | 22 | — | 6% | 18% | 19% | 50% |
| Fine Art | 22 | — | 9% | 0% | 28% | 23% |
| Textiles | 13 | — | 2% | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| Physics | 10 | — | 23% | 0% | 46% | 0% |
| Polish | 2 | — | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | — | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | — | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | — | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Biology | 1 | — | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 47 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 13 | — | — |
Where Mayfield School is
Other secondary schools in Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Portsmouth
Ark Charter Academy
Academy sponsor led · 883 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.9
Castle View Academy
Academy converter · 757 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
Miltoncross Academy
Academy sponsor led · 983 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.3
Priory School
Academy sponsor led · 1,278 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.7
Springfield School
Academy converter · 1,133 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.8
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.