The Westwood Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 30 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Coventry
Unique reference
137225
Address
Mitchell Avenue, Canley, CV4 8DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
915 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
27.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.7%
Persistent absence
32.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.9%
African 10.8%
Other White 8.4%
Other Asian 5.9%
Mixed 4.8%
Indian 4.4%
Other 3.1%
Pakistani 2.2%
Other Black 1.2%
Chinese 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.2
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.24
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award19
Health StudiesTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE5
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Westwood Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
96
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
95
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
87
91
Year 8
179
97
82
Year 9
186
108
78
Year 10
147
85
62
Year 11
150
74
76
Year 12
33
16
17
Year 13
42
16
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
43.0%
30.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
36.0%
51.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
7.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
76.0%
69.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
20.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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