Mayfield School
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–16 · Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Portsmouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 1.127 mi
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Mayfield School is an all-through school in Portsmouth for ages 4–16 (academy sponsor led). Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Mayfield School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2026 | 1.127 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 0.592 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.161 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.306 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 0.781 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.412 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 0.37 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 0.283 mi |
| Year 7 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | 0.514 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 6 of the 8 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.127 miles away.
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 39 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Portsmouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mayfield Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 0RH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 1,354 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 114 first-preference applications, 110 offers in total, 96 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Portsmouth.
- Cliffdale Primary Academy 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Harbour School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Madani Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Redwood Park Academy 1.2 mi Some aspects not as strong
- The Wymering School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Mary Rose Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Portsmouth Grammar School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Portsmouth High School GDST 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade