Wayfield Primary School
Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Headteacher Wayne Clayton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Primary First Trust
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 428
- URN
- 143909
- Local authority
- Medway
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 03000658230
About this school
Wayfield Primary School is a primary academy in Chatham. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 428 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wayfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Not met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 35 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 40% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 57% | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 46% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 46% | 44% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 99.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wayfield Primary 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 | 71% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 59.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 392 |
| 2023/24 | 401 |
| 2024/25 | 424 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wayfield Primary School compares
Wayfield Primary School ranked 56th of 57 primary schools in Medway for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 8.1% | 41.3% | 428 | — |
| New Horizons Children's Academy | 35% | 5.3% | 22.2% | 618 | 0.5 miles |
| Kingfisher Community Primary School | 66% | 4.9% | 44% | 208 | 0.6 miles |
| Maundene School | 56% | 4.4% | 27.2% | 385 | 0.7 miles |
| Greenvale Primary School | — | 7.8% | 50% | 192 | 0.8 miles |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 397 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.29%
- English as an additional language
- 13.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.06%
- Persistent absence
- 26.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
New Horizons Children's Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Kingfisher Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Maundene School0.7 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Greenvale Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chatham
Other schools in Chatham
Wayfield Primary School ranks 17th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Chatham.
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Balfour Junior School Primary
- Greenvale Primary School Primary
- Horsted Infant School Primary
- Horsted Junior School Primary
- Kingfisher Community Primary School Primary
- Lordswood School Primary
- Luton Primary School Primary
- Maundene School Primary
- New Horizons Children's Academy Primary
- New Road Primary School Primary
- Oaklands School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wayfield Primary School teach?
- Wayfield Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Chatham.
- Who is the head teacher of Wayfield Primary School?
- The head teacher of Wayfield Primary School is Headteacher Wayne Clayton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wayfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wayfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Wayfield Primary School?
- Wayfield Primary School has 428 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Wayfield Primary School full?
- Wayfield Primary School has capacity for 360 pupils and 428 on roll (119%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wayfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wayfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wayfield Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wayfield Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Wayfield Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Wayfield Primary School is part of THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wayfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wayfield Primary School compare with other schools in Medway?
- Wayfield Primary School ranked 56th of 57 primary schools in Medway for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wayfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Wayfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wayfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wayfield Primary 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 10 July 2026.