Five Acre Wood SchoolSerenity School Maidstone

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Maidstone.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Five Acre Wood School and Serenity School Maidstone in Maidstone.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Five Acre Wood School was judged Outstanding and Serenity School Maidstone was judged strong.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Five Acre Wood School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Five Acre Wood School versus Serenity School Maidstone compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MaidstoneFive Acre Wood SchoolMaidstoneSerenity School MaidstoneEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Strong
School typeFoundation special school Other independent special school
Age range4-19 5-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll871 83
Capacity680 150
LocationMaidstone, ME15 9QF Maidstone, ME14 2LP
GCSE results
Cohort53 Not reported
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard0.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard0.0% Not reported8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census854 36
Free school meals (ever 6)40.0% 0.0%
English as an additional language8.3% Not reported
SEN support0.0% 0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence11.3% Not reported6.2%
Persistent absence33.5% Not reported15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

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