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Acre Wood Academy

Church Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1BN ·

Ofsted:Some areas below Good· 2024
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At a glance

A state special school for ages 4–19 in Crowborough. Ofsted inspection (October 2024): Some areas below Good (no overall grade was given). Results aren't compared with the England average for special schools.

Ages
4–19
Pupils
144
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
East Sussex
Academy trust
LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST
Headteacher
Ms Ali Causton
Opened
Jul 2025

Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Graded inspection 1 Oct 2024Inspection of predecessor school

Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.

Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Inadequate
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Early years
Inadequate
Sixth form
Inadequate

Safeguarding effective: Yes

Latest ungraded inspection (14 Mar 2023): School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

Year 6 pupils, 2022/23 · 14 pupils

Expected standard
0%
Reading, writing & maths
Higher standard
0%
Reading, writing & maths
Reading score
–
Average scaled score
Maths score
–
Average scaled score
This school
0%
East Sussex
61%
England
62%

Expected standard over time

Small year group: with few pupils, results can swing a lot from year to year. Look at several years together.
Earlier years include results published for this school's predecessor (URN 114688), for example before it converted to an academy.

KS2 tests were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21. Progress scores are not available from 2024/25.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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No school-level applications data is published for this school. It may admit pupils at a different age, or be a special or post-16 provider.

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

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Pupils
144
Capacity
146
99% full
Girls / boys
32/68
Mixed
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