ABOUT USCEO WELCOME

The Salterns Academy Trust exists to serve the community of Portsmouth. We run three successful and fast-growing schools in the city, providing the opportunities for over 3500 young people to be the very best that they can be across both primary and secondary phases.

We are proud to be student-centred, inclusive, celebratory and very aspirational because we know that our students and their families deserve the best and we know too that excellent education changes lives.

We are a caring and supportive employer of over 450 staff of whom we have the same high expectations. We work in partnership with GLF Schools (a Multi-Academy Trust) on school improvement and staff training. We also work in partnership with the HISP Learning Partnership (our local teaching school hub) as a delivery partner for training for Early Careers Teachers and their mentors in Portsmouth as well as the National Professional Qualifications for school leaders.

Constantly striving to improve, we welcome opportunities to work collaboratively with organisations both within Portsmouth and beyond who can help us to meet our vision for our students. This includes the Portsmouth City Council, the University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Education Partnership and the Royal Navy as well as other schools, colleges and multi–academy trusts.

Nys Hardingham
CEO of the Salterns Academy Trust

EXPLOREOUR SCHOOLS

The school is ambitious for all our students. We are committed to providing the very highest quality education as well as a caring and emotionally supportive environment.
Our students talk enthusiastically about our values of respect, community, resilience, aspiration and inclusion. They understand how these contribute to the school's caring atmosphere.
Mayfield School is an exciting place to be. It is a community that holds relationships at its core, committed to developing a culture of high challenge and high support. Mayfield School is at the heart of a thriving and diverse local community.
The school is ambitious for all our students. We are committed to providing the very highest quality education as well as a caring and emotionally supportive environment.
Our students talk enthusiastically about our values of respect, community, resilience, aspiration and inclusion. They understand how these contribute to the school's caring atmosphere.
Mayfield School is an exciting place to be. It is a community that holds relationships at its core, committed to developing a culture of high challenge and high support. Mayfield School is at the heart of a thriving and diverse local community.

OUR TRUSTAT A GLANCE

SALTERNSKEY MOMENTS

14 Apr 2026
World Book Day World Record Attempt
Pupils from Trafalgar School and Mayfield School took part in an unforgettable citywide celebration of reading on World Book Day 2026, as Portsmouth came together for a Guinness World Record attempt at Fratton Park. The event formed part of In Our Words, a year‑long literacy…
14 Apr 2026
New Trust-wide Phone System
Over the coming weeks, we will be introducing a new phone system across our schools. This change is about making it simpler and more reliable for parents and carers to get in touch with our schools, particularly at busy times of the day. For families, the most important thing is…
14 Apr 2026
World Book Day World Record Attempt
Pupils from Trafalgar School and Mayfield School took part in an unforgettable citywide celebration of reading on World Book Day 2026, as Portsmouth came together for a Guinness World Record attempt at Fratton Park. The event formed part of In Our Words, a year‑long literacy…
14 Apr 2026
New Trust-wide Phone System
Over the coming weeks, we will be introducing a new phone system across our schools. This change is about making it simpler and more reliable for parents and carers to get in touch with our schools, particularly at busy times of the day. For families, the most important thing is…

OUR TRUSTAT A GLANCE

450
Staff
3500
+
Students
3
Academies
2014
Established In