Secondary school

Walderslade School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Girls
  • Medway
  • ME5 0LE
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Feb 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,240 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 99%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 79%79%2016/17: top 95%2017/18: top 85%2018/19: top 91%2021/22: top 89%2022/23: top 92%2023/24: top 99%2024/25: top 99%No exams

A-level results

#338 of 394 South East sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South East

Attainment 829.9 · South East 461/10 Well below South East−11 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths11.4% · South East 44.8%1/10 Well below South East−10.2 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score2.48 · South East 4.031/10 Well below South East−5.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-1.15 · South East +0.011/10 Well below South East−22 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry26.67 · South East 33.47Small cohort: 24 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.3 · 139 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 35.6 · 143 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 39 · 132 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 37.2 · 145 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 39.4 · 159 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 35.9 · 138 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 30.4 · 145 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 29.9 · 140 pupils · South East 4645.329.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 18% · 143 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 27% · 132 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 23% · 145 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 28% · 159 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 18% · 138 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 15.9% · 145 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 11.4% · 140 pupils · South East 44.8%28%11.4%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 21.58 · 70 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 19.9 · 62 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 24.84 · 55 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 26.27 · 37 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: 26.35 · 36 pupils · South East 36.42022/23: 27.42 · 33 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: 20.48 · 27 pupils · South East 32.832024/25: 26.67 · 24 pupils · South East 33.4727.4219.9No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
73 of 73 who put it first2014 · 86.5%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7373
2nd2610
3rd266

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2019Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Inadequateas predecessor
  7. 2023Ungraded visitas predecessor

0 strong areas

5 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding No · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026697
Free school meals (past 6 years)39.9%
First language not English13.6%
SEN support7.8%
EHC plan0.5%
Absence (sessions missed)12.6%
Persistently absent pupils40.5%

Girls 100%Boys 0%

73.4% full · 949 places · 59 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher13.2
Pupils per adult8.3
  • Classroom teachers 48
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 19
  • Other support 17.2

Teachers 53 FTE · Whole workforce 89.2 · 97 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,051
Spend per pupil£6,832
Staff spend per pupil£5,143
Reserve per pupil£62
  • +£50,000revenue reserve
  • +£987,000in-year balance

Grants £7,816 · self-generated £235 · premises £557 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST (10 academies) · trust reserve £2,791,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

145 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91%
  • Education82.8%
  • Apprenticeship1.4%
  • Employment6.9%
  • Not sustained4.8%
  • Unknown4.1%