New Horizons Children's Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D41
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chatham, ME4 6NR
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Wayfield Primary School
Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH
Local ranking46th of 69 primary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Urgent improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
375
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 4 December 2025. Figures last updated .
Placed in a category of concern: Special measures.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum & teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance & behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Urgent improvement
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 31.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 44.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 99.0
- Cohort Size
- 32
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 424
- Boys
- 225 (53%)
- Girls
- 203 (47%)
- Capacity
- 375 (114% full)
- SEND
- 15.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.3%
- EAL
- 13.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,806/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.0%
- Black African: 11.8%
- White Other: 8.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
- Other: 1.5%
63.0%
White British
11.8%
Black African
8.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wayfield Road
Chatham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 143909
- UKPRN
- 10062232
- Establishment No.
- 2018
- Trust
- THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST
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