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Walderslade School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 29 29.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
29.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
12% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 29.9[5] 11.4%[5]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]

Ofsted

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference)
154 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences
73 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered
112 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 147[6] 66[6] 119[6] 1.2[6] 0.6[6]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
949[1]
Trust
BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
https://wgsp.org.uk/[1]
District
Medway[7]
Postcode
ME5 0LE[1]
URN
150869[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
806 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language
13.6% 2024/25[8]
SEN support
7.8% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.9% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
77.3%[9]
Mixed
5%[9]
Asian
2%[9]
Black
13.3%[9]
Any other ethnic group
1.9%[9]
Unclassified
0.4%[9]

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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.