Wayfield Primary School

Academy converter · Primary school · Chatham, Medway
ME5 0HH
Composite score
23.7

About Wayfield Primary School

Wayfield Primary School is a primary school in Chatham, Medway, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. Around 424 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 31% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Wayfield Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#14,182
National rank
#2095
In South East
#63
In Medway
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
31%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 04/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards
Not met
Early years
Needs attention

School profile

Pupils on roll 424 % FSM ever-6 41.3% % EAL 13.9% Age range 2–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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