Five Acre Wood School

State-Funded School

five-acre-wood-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Maidstone and MallingConstituency

ME15 9QFPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Five Acre Wood School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Kent, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 871 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

871

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 871
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Sept 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
13 May 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.