The Westwood Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Coventry·CV4 8DY
Composite score
50.9
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#2,428
National rank
#273
In West Midlands
#17
In Coventry
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
35%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
58%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
3.42

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
89 first choices, 117 places
First choices per place
0.76
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
321
any preference, for 117 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6420220.6220230.8420240.8020250.762026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Westwood Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
862
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
28.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
20.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,606
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
83%
138 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
74%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About The Westwood Academy

The Westwood Academy is a secondary school in Coventry, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 862 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 40.7 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 5.9 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

35% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 58% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Westwood Academy their first choice was offered one of its 117 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 83% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. The Westwood Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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