Five Acre Wood School
Foundation special school · Mixed · Kent
Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 02/07/2024
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
88.7%
33.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
871
Capacity used
Over capacity128%
680 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Peggy Murphy
- Address
- Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF
- Phone
- 01622743925
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Loose & Linton · Maidstone and Malling
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 119055
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 44% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 3% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KSENT)
871 pupils · 680 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
02 July 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Early years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 725 pupils
Attendance
88.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
11.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
33.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
3.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 53 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.