Bradfields Academy
Academy special converter
Chatham · ME5 0LB · Medway
Ages 4–19
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenURN 141005
INSPIRE Free Special School
Free schools special · Chatham · ME5 0LB
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
98
Local authority
Medway
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools special, Ages 11–18, in Chatham, Medway, 98 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 65.3%. SEN provision includes: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141005
Location
- Address
- Churchill Avenue, Silverbank
- Postcode
- ME5 0LB
- Town
- Chatham
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Medway
- District
- Medway
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 98
- Boys / girls
- 81 / 17
- School capacity
- 100
- Capacity fill
- 98 / 100 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 65.3%
- FSM pupils
- 64
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: RIVERMEAD INCLUSIVE TRUST
- Academy trust
- RIVERMEAD INCLUSIVE TRUST
- Sponsor
- Rivermead Inclusive Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 96 on roll / 100 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Peck (Interim Head of School)
- Telephone
- 01634827372