Community special school

Mayfield School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formLancashire, North West · Chorley PR7 3HNSchool website
Pupils on roll
133of 133 places
Free school meals
39.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
15
Ofsted
School remains Good, 14 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 13 pupils who finished Year 11 at Mayfield School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Mayfield School’s own sixth form (Lancashire average 12%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

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 Lancashire and England.

Mayfield School
Lancashire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureMayfield SchoolLancashireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1313,296607,348
Any sustained destination100%90%92%
Stayed in education100%81%86%
— school sixth form0%12%34%
— sixth form college0%20%13%
— further education college0%48%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown0%2%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.

Other secondary schools in Lancashire

Academy@Worden

Academy converter · 660 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

Accrington Academy

Academy sponsor led · 953 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4

Albany Academy

Academy converter · 725 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Alder Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 899 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0

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.