Mayfield Church of England Primary School

Mayfield Church of England Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils achieve well and behave especially well. The report highlights strong core values, a warm culture and exceptionally well-developed personal development, with pupils taking responsibility and supporting one another. Reading is prioritised, phonics is taught effectively and pupils with SEND are well supported. Safeguarding is effective. The school has worked across its federation to develop a curriculum suited to mixed-age classes, and most pupils build knowledge well as they progress. Leadership is effective and governors know the school well, but recent organisational changes mean some work is still embedding. Leaders are not consistently sharp enough in checking the impact of newer initiatives. The main area for improvement is assessment. In some lessons, staff do not check pupils’ understanding precisely enough, so misconceptions can persist and activities are not always adapted to have the intended impact. Overall, this is a good school with outstanding personal development and clear strengths in behaviour, inclusion and reading.

Strengths

• Welcoming and inclusive ethos underpinned by core values
• Pupils behave especially well and treat others with respect
• Personal development and character education are exceptional
• Pupils take on responsibilities and contribute to school improvement
• Reading is prioritised and phonics is taught effectively
• Pupils with SEND are well supported to access learning
• Staff subject knowledge is strong across most subjects
• Governors know the school well and hold leaders to account
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment checks in some lessons are not consistently precise
• Staff do not always pick up subject-specific misconceptions quickly enough
• Lesson activities are not always adapted to have the intended impact
• Oversight of the impact of some recent initiatives is not sharp enough

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mayfield Church of England Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Mayfield Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mayfield Church of England Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.0% of pupils at Mayfield Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Mayfield Church of England Primary School received £6,863 and spent £7,040 for each of its 139 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £132,000 (£953 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Mayfield Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mayfield Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Mayfield Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mayfield Church of England Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Mayfield Church of England Primary School have?

Mayfield Church of England Primary School has 133 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mayfield Church of England Primary School cover?

Mayfield Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Mayfield Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mayfield Church of England Primary School?

Mayfield Church of England Primary School is at Fletching Street, Mayfield, East Sussex, TN20 6TA.