Walderslade School
Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LE
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Walderslade School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Campbell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 949
- Pupils on roll
- 833
- URN
- 137630
- Local authority
- Medway
About this school
Walderslade School was a girls' secondary academy in Chatham. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 833 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Walderslade School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in November 2011, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 138 | 145 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.9 | 30.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.73 -0.97 to -0.49 | -1.15 -1.41 to -0.90 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 15.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 33.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 33% | 20% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 2.4 |
Trends over time
How Walderslade School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Medway average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35.9 | 34 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 30.4 | 36 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 36.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 888 |
| 2023/24 | 833 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Walderslade School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.4% | 37.2% | 833 | — |
| Greenacre School | 29.8 | 12.8% | 32.9% | 747 | 0.1 miles |
| Walderslade School | 29.9 | 12.6% | 39.9% | 697 | 0.1 miles |
| Holcombe Grammar School | 62.4 | 5.4% | 13.3% | 1,060 | 1.1 miles |
| The Victory Academy | 35.5 | 9.8% | 45.1% | 1,213 | 1.3 miles |
| The Thomas Aveling School | 41.3 | 9.4% | 33.4% | 1,201 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.2%
- English as an additional language
- 8.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.4%
- Persistent absence
- 34.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Greenacre School0.1 miles
Secondary · Chatham
-
Walderslade School0.1 miles
Secondary · Chatham
-
Holcombe Grammar School1.1 miles
Secondary · Chatham
-
The Victory Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Chatham
-
The Thomas Aveling School1.3 miles
Secondary · Rochester
Other schools in Chatham
- Chatham Grammar Secondary
- Fort Pitt Grammar School Secondary
- Greenacre School Secondary
- Holcombe Grammar School Secondary
- The Victory Academy Secondary
- Walderslade School Secondary
- Waterfront UTC Secondary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Balfour Junior School Primary
- Greenvale Primary School Primary
- Horsted Infant School Primary
- Horsted Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Walderslade School teach?
- Walderslade School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Chatham.
- Has Walderslade School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Walderslade School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Walderslade School?
- Walderslade School had 833 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Walderslade School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.9 in 2022/23 and 30.4 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Walderslade School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Walderslade School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 August 2024.