Mayfield School

Foundation school·Secondary school Dagenham, Redbridge·RM8 1XE
Composite score
56.2
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#1,704
National rank
#353
In London
#17
In Redbridge
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.83

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
140 first choices, 232 places
First choices per place
0.60
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
432
any preference, for 232 places
Applications from another council area
33%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4120220.3920230.3320240.5120250.602026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Mayfield School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,845
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
63.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,387
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
325 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Mayfield School at a glance

Located in Dagenham, Redbridge, Mayfield School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 1,845 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.0, broadly in line with the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Mayfield School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 140 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.9%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Mayfield School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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