Five Acre Wood School

School Name: Five Acre Wood School
Address: Boughton Lane
Town/City: Maidstone
County: Kent
Postcode: ME15 9QF
Telephone Number: 01622 743925
Website: http://www.fiveacrewood.co.uk

Phase: Ages 4-19
Type: Foundation special school
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Trust: Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (ksent)

Principal: Mrs Peggy Murphy
Capacity: 680
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 871 (72% boys & 28% girls)
Enrollment: 128% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 44.4%

• SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
• ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
• PD - Physical Disability
• MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
• SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
• PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

URN: 119055
DfE Number: 886/7056
UKPRN: 10015449
UPRN: 10014310643
Region: South East (E12000008)
District: Maidstone (E07000110)
Constituency: Maidstone and Malling (E14001349)
Electoral Ward: Loose & Linton (E05015605)

Easting & Northing: 576898E, 153096N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 15' 0.83" N 0° 32' 0.64" E
Plus Code: 9F327G2M+3C

DfE Record: View record

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3. Leigh Academy Oaks (0.4km)
4. Leigh Academy Molehill (0.8km)
5. Loose Primary School (1.0km)
6. Park Way Primary School (1.2km)
7. Greenfields Community Primary School (1.4km)
8. South Borough Primary School (1.6km)
9. Senacre Wood Primary School (1.7km)
10. Maidstone Grammar School (1.8km)

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