Walderslade School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Medway council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Medway's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 73 families put this school as their first choice, and 112 places were offered. 73 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 22 February 2023. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as Walderslade School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes

Inadequate

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Inadequate

Sixth form

Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

697 (capacity 949)

Gender

Girls

Academy trust

BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST

Phone

01634861593

Address

Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LE

Website

wgsp.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports