Wayfield Primary School

State-Funded School

wayfield-primary-school-medway-south-east

South EastRegion

MedwayLocal Authority

Chatham and AylesfordConstituency

ME5 0HHPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Wayfield Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Medway, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 428 pupils. Wayfield Primary School is part of THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 4 Dec 2025 · published 5 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Not met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 40%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

428

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 428
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Dec 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
13 Jun 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.