Wye School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Wye, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.78 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wye School is a secondary school in Wye, Kent for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Wye School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 4.78 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 4.78 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023.
- Of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, it was the 20th longest, and the middle figure was 2.82 miles.
- In 2026 there were 132 first-choice applications for 131 Year 7 offers; 96 offers went to first-choice families, and 36 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Olantigh Road, Wye, TN25 5EJ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 557 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued and cared for as part of this close school community.”
- “The warm and friendly approach from staff encourages pupils to be positive about their learning and to feel safe.”
- “Strong trusting relationships mean pupils are confident to talk to adults about any worries or concerns they might have.”
To improve
- “This is not, however, consistent in all areas of the curriculum.”
- “In a small number of subjects pupils' ability to recall learning over time is variable.”
- “While many pupils attend well, a small number have higher levels of absence meaning they do not fully benefit from the education on offer.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 132 first-preference applications, 131 offers in total, 96 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Towers School and Sixth Form Centre 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Norton Knatchbull School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The North School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Highworth Grammar School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chilmington Green School 6.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Canterbury Academy 8.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 8.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published