FAWrient Express

29/04/2026

The FAWrient Express will be closed tomorrow until 12.30
Thank you all for your continued support ☕️

22/04/2026

12/03/2026

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🙏 Please help to spread the word!

✅ Voting is now OPEN!

Vote here: https://shorturl.at/AizFz

We would love your support to help us win a technology package from Lifelites that could make a huge difference for the children and young people we support.
When you open the link, please scroll down and look for “FAWfilling Futures” to cast your vote.

Every vote really does make a difference, so please vote and share with friends, family and colleagues to help us spread the word.

🙏Thank you for supporting our pupils!

02/02/2026

The FAWrient Express will be closed until this afternoon.
Thank you for your continued support!

29/10/2025

A film which showcases the incredible FAWrient Express - our pioneering 'hospitality training academy' housed within a former first-class buffet train carria...

17/10/2025

Well done James! 👏

☕🌟 Super exciting news! 🌟☕

Our work experience placements with Costa Coffee are officially underway — and we’re proud to say this is a pioneering programme for Costa too, making it extra special!

We’re thrilled to see targeted pupils getting hands-on experience in local Costa stores — building confidence, learning new skills, and preparing themselves for the world of work.

This is a game changing project – and a huge shoutout must go to the incredible Costa Coffee team, who always go the ‘extra acre’ for us (and then some!)

Here’s a photo of James, already getting stuck in on his placement — well done, James!

13/10/2025

🚂 BBC Radio Kent will be featuring the FAWrient Express Café every day this week from 10:00am!

🗣️ Listen to Sophie Sutton chat with Clive, our Café Manager, and some of our amazing pupils as they look back on a fantastic year at the FAWrient Express.

📻 Listen here:

Celebrating where we live and talking about what matters to you. Call 0800 756 11 11.

08/10/2025

The FAWrient Express will be closed today until 12.30

01/10/2025

☕🍵 It’s International Coffee Day! 🍵☕

Today, we’re not just celebrating coffee – we’re celebrating opportunity, growth, and empowerment. We’re also marking one year of the FAWrient Express! 🎉

Over the past year, our FAWrient Express Café has given students incredible experiences in hospitality — from building confidence to developing valuable employment skills.

Now, we’re excited to share the next step: our very own onsite roastery! This will open up even more exciting opportunities for our students’ futures.

Here’s Harry to tell you what it means to him.

30/07/2025

🚂☕ THANK YOU to Hope Espresso for shining a spotlight on something truly special.

Their article “Brewing Opportunity: How Coffee is Changing Lives at Five Acre Wood” celebrates the inspiring journey of our pupils—from hospitality training here in the FAWrient Express Training Academy Café, to preparing for internationally recognised certification in Platform FAW, our brand-new on-site roastery.

Platform FAW is equipped like any speciality roaster where pupils will learn craft, and roast coffee beans for the FAWreint Express and to sell on site, earning SCA certificates with Hope Espresso along the way. We can't wait!

A case study on how Five Acre Wood School is using coffee through a cafe and roastery to give SEN students an amazing start for adulthood.