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Waterfront UTC

Secondary Free school in Chatham ME4 4FQ

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  • School Reference Number: 146648
  • Address: South Side Three Road, Chatham ME4 4FQ
  • Headteacher: Mrs Fiona McLean
  • Telephone: 01634 505800
  • Website: waterfront-that.org.uk
  • Managing Organisation: The Howard Academy Trust
  • Type: Free Schools
  • Sub-Type: University technical college
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 250
  • Local Education Authority: Medway
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 14 to 19
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: April 2019*

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 10/01/2023

Rating published on 01/03/2023

Overall effectiveness: Good

Quality of education: Good

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Sixth form provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
10 January 2023 2 March 2023 School inspection Good

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number146648
Local Authority Code887
Local Authority NameMedway
Establishment Number4003
School / College NameWaterfront UTC
Establishment Type Code40
Establishment typeUniversity technical college
Establishment Type Group Code11
Establishment Type GroupFree Schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code99
Reason establishment opened
Open date01-04-2019
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low14
Age range High19
Boarders Code9
Boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity250
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils340
Number of Boys246
Number of Girls94
Percentage Free School Meals30.40
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code16042
Academy trust or TrustTHE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorThe Howard Academy Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10082095
FEHE Identifier
Further education type
Last Changed Date15-11-2024
StreetSouth Side Three Road
Locality
Address3
TownChatham
County (name)Kent
PostcodeME4 4FQ
Websitewww.waterfront-that.org.uk
Telephone01634505800
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameFiona
Headteacher/Principal last nameMcLean
Headteacher/Principal Job Title
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE06000035
DistrictMedway
Ward CodeE05014466
WardSt Mary's Island
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001447
Parliamentary ConstituencyRochester and Strood
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000035
Easting577382
Northing169573
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Medway 007
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Medway 007H
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
CountryUnited Kingdom
UPRN44039551
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02003320
LSOA CodeE01035292
Free School Meals79
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN146648
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/146648
LAESTAB8874003
School nameWaterfront UTC
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationUniversity Technical College
School open date01/04/2019
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityMedway
Parliamentary constituencyRochester and Strood
Multi-academy trust UID16042
Multi-academy trust nameThe Howard Academy Trust
Academy sponsor UID5716
Academy sponsor nameThe Howard Academy Trust
PostcodeME4 4FQ
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile3
Total number of pupils340
Statutory lowest age14
Statutory highest age19
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10256250
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date10/01/2023
Publication date01/03/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection146648
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8874003
School name at time of latest graded inspectionWaterfront UTC
School type at time of latest graded inspectionUniversity Technical College
Current school type used for chart C6Academy sponsor led
Overall effectivenessGood
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionGood
Previous inspection number10040912
Previous inspection start date06/03/2018
Previous publication date04/05/2018
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?No
URN at time of previous graded inspection142081
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8874002
School name at time of previous graded inspectionMedway UTC
School type at time of previous graded inspectionUniversity Technical College
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness4
Previous category of concernSM
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementInadequate
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionInadequate

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