Five Acre Wood School

An outstanding all age (2-19) day District Special School for children and young people with Profound, Severe and Complex Learning Difficulties, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Five Acre Wood School is a stimulating and safe learning community in which we all work together to nurture and maximise the potential of each and every individual and celebrate their achievements. Firm foundations and strong partnerships provide the platform for dynamic, challenging and personalised learning pathways, preparing our students for their life journey. Four sixth form classes, a Key Stage 4 class and a Key Stage 3 class are based at The Holmesdale School, where they have bespoke facilities. We have a satellite provision at Eastborough Primary School for up to 15 KS2 pupils. We have over 360 pupils who represent a wide range of additional educational needs within the profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, complex needs, challenging behaviour, sensory impairments and autistic spectrum. We cover an age range of 2 – 19 years and the school is currently organised in four departments – Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form. All of our pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan. Our staffing compliment is over 250. We are supported by an NHS school nursing team, NHS physiotherapists and have our own therapy team (Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapist) and family liaison team. We also work with consultant paediatricians, teachers from the sensory service, educational psychologists, specialist community nurses, disabled children’s team and respite services. We are a lively school with a friendly and supportive staff and we are constantly seeking to continue to develop the school for the benefit of our pupils.