Primary
Wayfield Primary School
Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 428 of 360 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.5
- Local authority
- Medway
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 30.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 385
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2025
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
- Early yearsNeeds attention
- InclusionUrgent improvement
- Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingNot met
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2024
Previous framework
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
May 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
31%
29 points below the Chatham average (60% across 15 schools)
101.0
3.9 below the Chatham average (104.9 across 15 schools)
15th of 15 by our score, among the primary schools in Chatham we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 101 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 31% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 99.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Medway admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Wayne Clayton
- Address
- Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH
- Telephone
- 03000658230