Wayfield Primary School
Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH
428 pupils · 119% of 360 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST
- Local authority
- Medway
- Free school meals
- 35.6%
Ofsted
Urgent improvement (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
⚠ Safeguarding was judged Not met at the latest inspection. Read the full report before anything else.
| Inclusion | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
| Early years | Needs attention |
| Safeguarding | Not met |
Inspected 4 December 2025, published 5 February 2026. 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 | 31% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 3% |
“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 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 30 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 48 | 48 | 92 | 48 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 48 | 45 | 110 | 47 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 67 | 126 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 53 | 50 | 120 | 51 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 51 | 46 | 105 | 50 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 49 | 42 | 102 | 47 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 40 | 34 | 53 | 36 |
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
- New Horizons Children's Academy 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Kingfisher Community Primary School 0.9 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Maundene School 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Greenvale Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Phoenix Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
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.