Acre Wood Academy
Church Road, Crowborough, TN6 1BN
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Ali Causton
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Bromley College of Further and Higher Education
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 146
- Pupils on roll
- 144
- URN
- 151783
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01892663018
About this school
Acre Wood Academy is a special academy in Crowborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 144 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Acre Wood Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Inadequate
- Sixth form
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Grove Park School (URN 114688).
Inspection history
Location
Nearby schools
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Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School4.2 miles
Independent schools · Mayfield
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Mayfield School5.1 miles
Independent schools · Mayfield
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Holmewood House School5.7 miles
Independent schools · Tunbridge Wells
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Michael Hall School6.3 miles
Independent schools · Forest Row
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Greenfields School6.5 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Crowborough
- Ashdown Primary School Primary
- Jarvis Brook Primary School Primary
- Mark Cross Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Rotherfield Primary School Primary
- Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School Primary
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Marys Catholic Primary School Primary
- Beacon Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Acre Wood Academy teach?
- Acre Wood Academy teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Crowborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Acre Wood Academy?
- The headteacher of Acre Wood Academy is Ms Ali Causton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Acre Wood Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Acre Wood Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Acre Wood Academy?
- Acre Wood Academy has 144 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Acre Wood Academy full?
- Acre Wood Academy has capacity for 146 pupils and 144 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Acre Wood Academy a faith school?
- No. Acre Wood Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Acre Wood Academy part of an academy trust?
- Acre Wood Academy is part of LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does Acre Wood Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Acre Wood Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.