Wayfield Primary School | School performance

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

424

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

27%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

424

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

27%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

424

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

27%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Not judged

Ofsted inspection · 29/10/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityMedway

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio27.2:1

Admissions—

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Wayfield Primary School · Primary · Medway

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

31%

-9pp

73%52%31%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 31%

RWM higher standard

0pp

7%4%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

56%

Reading higher standard

Writing expected standard

84%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

50%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

81%

SPAG expected standard

44%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

101.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

99.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

424

Pupil : teacher ratio

27.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

14%

FSM eligible

41%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

27%

Contact

Address

Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH

Local authority

Medway

Website

www.wayfield.medway.sch.uk

Telephone

03000658230

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	31%	3%	56%	9%	84%	13%	50%	6%	81%	44%	101.0	101.0	99.0	—	—	—	15%	424
2023/24	40%	3%	57%	6%	77%	14%	46%	14%	83%	46%	102.0	99.0	99.0	—	—	—	15%	401
2022/23	71%	0%	74%	26%	91%	9%	89%	26%	80%	91%	104.0	107.0	109.0	-0.90	+1.80	+2.60	14%	392
2018/19	73%	4%	85%	27%	77%	23%	77%	31%	73%	81%	105.0	105.0	105.0	+6.00	+4.70	+5.50	14%	259
2017/18	68%	7%	68%	18%	86%	14%	75%	29%	75%	64%	103.0	103.0	102.0	+1.60	+4.20	+3.00	—	270
2016/17	55%	14%	55%	23%	73%	23%	59%	18%	64%	68%	101.0	104.0	104.0	-3.20	-1.60	-1.10	13%	259

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	424	27.1	15%	14%	41%	8%	27%
2023/24	401	32.1	15%	13%	38%	8%	26%
2022/23	392	34.5	14%	14%	42%	9%	29%
2021/22	383	38.4	11%	10%	44%	7%	27%
2020/21	345	30.9	9%	9%	39%	—	—
2018/19	259	27.7	14%	11%	48%	4%	11%
2017/18	—	25.1	—	—	—	6%	14%
2016/17	259	—	13%	7%	50%	5%	16%