Were you a Mayfield School student? Here are 48 retro photos from the 90s and 00s
By Matthew Mohan-Hickson
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT
Updated 21st Sep 2019, 10:50 GMT
Mayfield School is set to be demolished after it was deemed 'financially unviable' to modernise the current building.
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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Ian Cox headteacher at Mayfield School with pupils in a mathematics class in January 2003
Head teacher Ian Cox with pupils Loise Crawford and Sam Rogers lay a wreath at the Mayfield School War Memorial.
Joe Hinks from Mayfield School won the Young Person of the Year Award - at the time he wanted to become a marine biologist
Mayfield School team (left to right) Jamie Hide (15), Richard Semadeni (14), Daniel Lee (14) and Michael Angus (14) with their craft compte in the Royal Navy Challenge for Schools in 2005.
Police passive drug detection dog Jerry takes it easy as his handler PC Neil Bell talks to year 9 pupils at Mayfield School about enforcement of drug laws and the consequences to offenders in 2005
Derek Trimmer, the new headteacher of Mayfield School in Portsmouth in January 2004.
Heidi Smith as Widow Corney, Brendan Brophy as Oliver and Tyler Davis-Smith playing Mr Bumble, rehearsing for their production of 'Oliver' at Mayfield School in 2003
Kris Watts as Fagin and Michael Pratt as Oliver and Rowan Bastable as Artful Dodger, rehearsing for their production of 'Oliver' at Mayfield School in 2003
Adam Emberson playing Bill Sykes and Hannah Golledge playing Nancy, rehearsing for their production of 'Oliver' at Mayfield School in 2003
Rio, star of TV Gladiators, visits Mayfield School in Portsmouth as part of the SPARKS initiative to raise money for charity in July, 2001
Mayfield School headteacher Derek Trimmer with students after the school received a donation in 2005.
Mayfield School students Charlotte Downs and Colin Hudson spoke to Cathy Caws about cash incentives for A levels in 2004.
Mayfield School students spoke to Cathy Caws about cash incentives for A levels in 2004
Lauren Wallace (16), Paul Clements (17) and Amy Devine (14) who take the principal roles in Anything Goes, pictured at rehearsals in Mayfield School in May 2004.
Lorin Sulaiman (14) receives a welcome back hug from best friend Sharon Thomas (14) watched by school friends, Kirsty Squires, Joshua Breach, Jess Randle, Tom Ross, Sarah Monnier, Katie Newell and Kirsty Elstone outside Mayfield School in 2004
Lorin Sulaiman (14) receives a welcome back hug from best friend Sharon Thomas (14) watched by school friends, Kirsty Squires, Joshua Breach, Jess Randle, Tom Ross, Sarah Monnier, Katie Newell and Kirsty Elstone outside Mayfield School in 2004
Students at Mayfield School rehearsing their routines for Rock Challenge event in 2003.
Students at Mayfield School rehearsing their routines for Rock Challenge event in 2003.
Students at Mayfield School rehearsing their routines for Rock Challenge event in 2003.
Mary Carrigan who was then head of maths at Mayfield School in North End gives after hours tuition to (left), Bhajan Sohel and Vanessa Ward who are both fifteen in March 1999.
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.
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.
