Greenacre School
Ofsted: Inadequate
Score
F23
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- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chatham, ME5 0LP
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Walderslade School
Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LE
Local ranking19th of 20 secondary schools in Medway
Ofsted: InadequateUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
949
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 February 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Walderslade School (URN 137630) since 31 March 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 29.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 12.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 28.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 133
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 33.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
24
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 806
- Girls
- 697 (100%)
- Capacity
- 949 (73% full)
- SEND
- 8.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.9%
- EAL
- 13.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 7.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,832/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 40.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
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- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 66.8%
- Black African: 15.6%
- White Other: 5.5%
- Other: 2.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
66.8%
White British
15.6%
Black African
5.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150869
- UKPRN
- 10095249
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST
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