Walderslade School
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Ofsted judgements
Getting a place
Every child who put Walderslade School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 11–18
- Pupils on roll
- 806
- Gender
- Girls
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
About Walderslade School
Walderslade School is a girls' secondary school in Chatham, Medway, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 806 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds an 'Inadequate' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 29.9 — well below the national average (national average: 46). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.
11% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 24% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Walderslade School their first choice was offered one of its 112 Year 7 places. Overall pupil absence was 12.8%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% 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. If you are considering Walderslade School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 above.