Yew Tree Farm School

Other independent special school · Ages 7–16 · Sittingbourne, Kent

Yew Tree Farm School is an independent special school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 7–16.

Key facts

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

No Ofsted grade

“The school’s calm, friendly and positive atmosphere supports pupils’ learning and personal development well.”
“Staff greet pupils warmly at the start of the day and pupils are soon busily engaged in school life.”
“Pupils happily participate in a range of practical activities on this working farm, such as feeding the animals and helping to put them away at the end of the day.”

“Pupils have often missed out on learning key reading skills prior to joining the school and so can find reading difficult.”
“However, sometimes lessons are not adjusted quickly enough when it becomes clear that pupils already have a secure grasp of the content being taught.”
“There are occasions, however, when their additional needs mean that they find it hard to regulate their emotions as well as they and their teachers would like.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Straight-line distance, in Kent.