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Five Acre Wood School[1]

Special · ages 4–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
0.4 2022/23[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2022/23[2]
Progress 8
-1.67 2022/23[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
YearAttainment 8Grade 5+ in English & mathsProgress 8
2021/22 0.5[4] 0%[4] -1.87[4]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[5]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[5]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[6]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24 0%[7] 0%[7]
2022/23 0%[8] 0%[8]
2018/19 0%[9] 0%[9]
2017/18 0%[10] 0%[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[11]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[11]
Employment
0% 2022/23[11]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12]
2020/21 96%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13]
2019/20 100%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14] 0%[14]
2018/19 100%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
2 Jul 2024[16]
Type
S5 Inspection[16]
Report published
8 Sep 2024[16]
Personal development
Outstanding[16]
Quality of education
Outstanding[16]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[16]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[16]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[16]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[16]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[16]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[16]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Mar 2019[17] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[17] No overall grade[17]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation special school[1]
Ages
4–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
680[1]
Trust
Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.fiveacrewood.co.uk[1]
District
Maidstone[18]
Postcode
ME15 9QF[1]
URN
119055[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
854 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language
8.3% 2024/25[19]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
40% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
79.1%[20]
Mixed
6.4%[20]
Asian
4.8%[20]
Black
3.9%[20]
Any other ethnic group
1.7%[20]
Unclassified
4%[20]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.