Oasis Academy Mayfield

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Southampton·SO19 9NA
Composite score
46.2
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#2,853
National rank
#420
In South East
#8
In Southampton
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
37.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
30%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
48%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.44

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
125 first choices, 178 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
317
any preference, for 178 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.27
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220221.1420230.8620240.9720250.702026

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

Every child who put Oasis Academy Mayfield 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
884
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
13.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
12.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
35.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,907
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
90%
163 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
6%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Oasis Academy Mayfield

Oasis Academy Mayfield is a secondary school in Southampton, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 884 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 37.0 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.2 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

30% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 48% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Oasis Academy Mayfield their first choice was offered one of its 178 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 12.5%. There are about 15.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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