Walderslade Primary School
Dargets Road, Chatham, ME5 8BJ
235 pupils · 98% of 240 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- RIVERMEAD INCLUSIVE TRUST
- Local authority
- Medway
- Free school meals
- 14.9%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 May 2024, published 11 June 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 77% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 20% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 34 | 127 | 29 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 27 | 26 | 147 | 27 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 32 | 144 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 28 | 119 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 39 | 129 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 28 | 24 | 124 | 28 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 50 | 44 | 178 | 50 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 29 | 35 | 177 | 29 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School 0.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Oaklands School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Lordswood School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Maundene School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Tunbury Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School 1.2 km · No Ofsted rating
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.