Walderslade School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Medway
Unique reference
150869
Address
Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, ME5 0LE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
806 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
13.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.1%
Persistent absence
34.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.4%
African 15.5%
Other White 5.5%
Mixed 4%
Other 2.4%
Gypsy/Roma 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 52%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 11%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 29.8
Local authority average 45.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 2.48
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE4
Business Studies:SingleGCSE2
ChemistryGCSE4
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
DanceGCSE28
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Walderslade School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
119
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
66
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
66
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
134
0
134
Year 8
157
0
157
Year 9
173
0
173
Year 10
141
0
141
Year 11
142
0
142
Year 12
26
0
26
Year 13
33
0
33
Year 2024-2025