Wayfield Primary School
Academy converter in Chatham, Medway.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy converter |
| Age range | 2 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Religious character | None |
| Pupils on roll | 428 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 375 |
| Free school meals | 35.60% |
| Trust or sponsor | THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST |
| Local authority | Medway |
| Address | Wayfield Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0HH |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.wayfield.medway.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 03000658230 |
| URN | 143909 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 4 December 2025, published 5 February 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Not met |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Category of concern: Special measures.
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 29 October 2024, published 9 December 2024:
| Overall effectiveness | Not given (single-word overall grades were not awarded from September 2024) |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
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.
Nearby schools
- New Horizons Children's Academy (primary school, about 0.7 km)
- Kingfisher Community Primary School (primary school, about 0.9 km)
- Maundene School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Greenvale Primary School (primary school, about 1.3 km)
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 1.4 km)
- Phoenix Primary School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Balfour Infant School (primary school, about 1.5 km)
- Luton Primary School (primary school, about 1.5 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.