Foundation special school

Five Acre Wood School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formKent, South East · Maidstone ME15 9QFTrust: Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (Ksent)School website
Pupils on roll
871of 680 places
Free school meals
44.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
53
Ofsted
Outstanding, 2 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 45 pupils who finished Year 11 at Five Acre Wood School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Five Acre Wood School’s own sixth form (Kent average 56%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kent and England.

Five Acre Wood School
Kent
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFive Acre Wood SchoolKentEngland
Pupils in the cohort4517,954607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%88%86%
— school sixth form0%56%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college0%28%37%
— other education100%4%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Kent

Astor Secondary School

Academy converter · sixth form · 732 pupils

72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.9

Aylesford School

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 916 pupils

73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.6

Borden Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 938 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.