Westwood College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 21 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142755
Address
Westwood Park, ST13 8NP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
784 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
2.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.5%
Persistent absence
30.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.2%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other White 1.9%
Mixed 1.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.44
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.3
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.9
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award48
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE66
BiologyGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE184
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
194
97
97
Year 10
201
118
83
Year 11
190
91
99
Year 12
104
50
54
Year 13
95
41
54
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.9%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
40.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
38.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
55.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
11.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
9.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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