Walderslade School
Academy converter in Chatham, Medway.
School details
| Phase | Secondary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy converter |
| Age range | 11 to 18 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Religious character | None |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 697 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 949 |
| Free school meals | 40.20% |
| Trust or sponsor | BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST |
| Local authority | Medway |
| Address | Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LE |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | https://wgsp.org.uk/ |
| Telephone | 01634861593 |
| URN | 150869 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 22 February 2023, published 17 May 2023:
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Sixth form provision | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | No |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (Walderslade School, URN 137630).
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
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Nearby schools
- Greenacre School (secondary school, about 0.1 km)
- Holcombe Grammar School (secondary school, about 1.7 km)
- The Victory Academy (secondary school, about 2.1 km)
- The Thomas Aveling School (secondary school, about 2.1 km)
- Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (secondary school, about 2.8 km)
- The Rochester Grammar School (secondary school, about 2.8 km)
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School (secondary school, about 3.0 km)
- Chatham Grammar (secondary school, about 3.0 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.