Academy converter · Medway

Wayfield Primary School

2–11Ages
428Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143909URN

Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

close to Medway median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Medway

73 applications for 30 places · 34th of 62 in Medway

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

31%met the expected standard

Medway 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 4 December 2025Published 5 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Needs attention	Urgent improvement
Inclusion			Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching			Urgent improvement
Achievement			Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour			Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing		Needs attention
Early years		Needs attention
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Urgent improvement

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

4 December 2025
Report card · 2 Needs attention, 5 Urgent improvement
29 October 2024
Graded inspection, no overall grade

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.4applications per place, Reception

close to Medway median (2.5) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

73 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first

2026 2.4; Medway median median 2.5
2025 1.9; Medway median median 2.8
2024 2.3; Medway median median 2.8
2023 2.1; Medway median median 2.2
2022 2.3; Medway median median 2.2
2021 2.1; Medway median median 2.1
2020 2.1; Medway median median 2.1
2019 1.3; Medway median median 2.2
2018 1.6; Medway median median 2.0
2017 1.2; Medway median median 2.0
2016 2.2; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 2.0; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
2014 2.0; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Medway median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Medway median

Dashed bars: as Wayfield Primary School (URN 140313), Wayfield Community Primary School and Nursery Unit (URN 118579), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	73	2.4	30	1.00
Sep 2025	48	92	1.9	48	1.00
Sep 2024	48	110	2.3	45	0.94
Sep 2023	60	126	2.1	67	1.12
Sep 2022	53	120	2.3	50	0.94
Sep 2021	51	105	2.1	46	0.90
Sep 2020	49	102	2.1	42	0.86
Sep 2019	40	53	1.3	34	0.85
Sep 2018	30	47	1.6	34	1.13
Sep 2017	30	36	1.2	29	0.97
Sep 2016 *	30	67	2.2	29	0.97
Sep 2015 *	30	59	2.0	25	0.83
Sep 2014 *	30	59	2.0	38	1.27

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 56% · Writing 84% · Maths 50% → all three 31% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard31%52nd of 53 in Medway

Medway 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard56%

Medway 74% England 78%

Higher standard9%

Medway 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard84%

Medway 77% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Medway 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard50%

Medway 73% England 77%

Higher standard6%

Medway 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Medway median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	31%	3%	101	101
2023/24	40%	3%	102	99
2022/23	71%	0%	104	107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Wayfield Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Special measures 2025

2.4applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
New Horizons Children's Academy
0.7 km · Medway

Remains Good2022

2.4applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Kingfisher Community Primary School
0.9 km · Medway

Standards maintained2025

2.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Maundene School
1.1 km · Medway

Good2022

2.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Greenvale Primary School
1.3 km · Medway

Good2023

2.9applications per place
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · Medway

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.5applications per place
Phoenix Primary School
1.5 km · Medway

Good2023

2.4applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Balfour Infant School
1.5 km · Medway

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.8applications per place
Luton Primary School
1.5 km · Medway

Good2023

1.6applications per place 36%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143909 · 887/2018
Trust: The Primary First Trust
Capacity: 375 pupils · 428 on roll
Free school meals: 35.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2016
Replaced: Wayfield Primary School (URN 140313); Wayfield Community Primary School and Nursery Unit (URN 118579)
Address: Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH
Local authority: Medway

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources