Wayfield Primary School
About the school
Wayfield Primary School is an open primary school in Medway.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 4 December 2025
- Published
- 5 February 2026
- Inspection type
- S8 No Formal Designation Visit
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Not met
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 inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 31%
- Medway
- 61%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 3%
- Medway
- 7%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 56%
- Medway
- 73%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Medway
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 50%
- Medway
- 71%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 44%
- Medway
- 66%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 6%
- Medway
- 23%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 81%
- Medway
- 79%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Medway
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Medway
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 99
- Medway
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
424
Girls
47.88%
Boys
52.12%
SEN support
14.86%
Education, health and care plan
0.47%
English as an additional language
13.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
41.29%
Overall absence
8.06
Persistent absence
26.98