Will Adams Academy
Will Adams Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Gillingham for boys and girls aged 14 to 17. It has 16 pupils. About 31 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.
Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2BX01634 337111willadamsacademy.org.ukMs Emma Smith headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Medway council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 45 pupils, for social, emotional and mental health.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Medway with social, emotional and mental health provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (11), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 16 | 38 | 40 | 39 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 31% | 47% | 75% | 39% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 8% | 10% | 15% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 90% | 100% | 15% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 32 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 37%, compared with 77% for everyone else.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Academy of Woodlands | Academy | 200 m | 758 | No overall grade 2025 | 24 | Compare |
| The Robert Napier School | Academy | 490 m | 1,048 | No overall grade 2024 | 3 | Compare |
| Featherby Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 620 m | 282 | Report card 2026 | 11 | Compare |
| Featherby Junior School | Academy | 710 m | 348 | Good 2022 | 35 | Compare |
| Barnsole Primary School | Academy | 810 m | 609 | Good 2024 | 8 | Compare |
| Danecourt School | Academy | 940 m | 291 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 597 | Good 2019 | 86 | Compare |
| Alchemy School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 58 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Will Adams Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Will Adams Academy yet.
How many pupils does Will Adams Academy have?
16 pupils aged 14 to 17 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does Will Adams Academy have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for social, emotional and mental health. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2BX
- Telephone
- 01634 337111
- Website
- www.willadamsacademy.org.uk
- HeadTeacher
- Ms Emma Smith
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 14-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Alternative Learning Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Medway
- Ward
- Watling
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2022 (academy converter)
- URN
- 149009 · LAESTAB 8871108 · UKPRN 10090191
- Formerly
- Will Adams Centre
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.