Attempts to save the 'iconic' 1930s facade have proved to be unsuccessful and a new £22m school will be built in its place. We decided to look back through The News’s archives to find old pictures from the 1990s and 2000s at the school. Click through to see them all! And see if you can spot yourself.
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Mayfield School pupils take Harry Potter mannequins to Ottakers bookshop (left to right), Paul Wright (14), Ollie Dowdeswell (14), Alan Todd (13), Gemma Taylor (14), Samsul Chowdhury (14), and Subir Uddin (14) in 2003. | JPIMedia Photo: Ian Hargreaves
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Pupils from Mayfield School in Portsmouth take their Harry Potter mannequins to Ottakers bookshop in Portsmouth (left to right), Paul Wright (14), Ollie Dowdeswell (14), Alan Todd (13), and Subir Uddin (14) in 2003. | JPIMedia Photo: Ian Hargreaves
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Samsul Chowdury (14), who is a pupil at Mayfield School gets to know a Harry Potter mannequin at Ottakers bookshop in Portsmouth in 2003 | JPIMedia Photo: Ian Hargreaves
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Children from the Chinese Sunday School at Mayfield School wait to perform a dance in 2003 | JPIMedia Photo: Matt Scott-Joynt