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Wayfield Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 2–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 31% 31% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
31% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
3% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
101 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
101 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 40%[4] 3%[4] 102[4] 99[4]
2022/23 71%[5] 0%[5] 104[5] 107[5]
2018/19 73%[6] 4%[6] 105[6] 105[6]
2017/18 68%[7] 7%[7] 103[7] 103[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 Dec 2025[8]
Type
S8 No Formal Designation Visit[8]
Report published
5 Feb 2026[8]
Inclusion
Urgent improvement[8]
Achievement
Urgent improvement[8]
Category of concern
SM[8]
Safeguarding standards
Not met[8]
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement[8]
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement[8]
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement[8]
Early years (where applicable)
Needs attention[8]
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Oct 2024[9] S5 Inspection[9] No overall grade[9]
21 May 2019[10] S5 Inspection[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
73 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
30 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
30 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 92[11] 48[11] 48[11] 1.9[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2024 110[11] 45[11] 48[11] 2.3[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2023 126[11] 67[11] 60[11] 2.1[11] 1.1[11]
Entry Sept 2022 120[11] 50[11] 53[11] 2.3[11] 0.9[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
2–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Capacity
375[1]
Trust
THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
www.wayfield.medway.sch.uk[1]
District
Medway[12]
Postcode
ME5 0HH[1]
URN
143909[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
424 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
13.9% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
14.9% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.3% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
67.3%[14]
Mixed
10.5%[14]
Asian
3.5%[14]
Black
14.3%[14]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[14]
Unclassified
2.8%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.