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Five Acre Wood School
Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF
Foundation special school for ages 4–19 in Maidstone. Mixed intake.
Five Acre Wood School is a large foundation special school in Maidstone, Kent, for boys and girls aged 4 to 19. It has a sixth form and special classes, with SEN provision spanning speech, language and communication needs, autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and learning difficulties from moderate to profound and multiple.
The school describes itself as an all-age day Foundation District Special School for children and young people with profound, severe and complex learning difficulties, including autistic spectrum disorder. Ofsted rated the school Outstanding in September 2024.
Ages 4–19 · All-through
854 pupils · On roll
Foundation special school · Mixed