The Westwood Academy
Mitchell Avenue, Canley, Coventry, CV4 8DY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- KENILWORTH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Talbot
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Coventry South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 875
- Pupils on roll
- 843
- URN
- 137225
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476467779
About this school
The Westwood Academy is a secondary academy in Coventry. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 843 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 138 | 143 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.2 | 46.6 | 40.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.37 -0.63 to -0.10 | -0.08 -0.35 to +0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 44.8% | 35.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 69.2% | 58.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 21.7% | 4.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Westwood Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.2 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.6 | 36.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.7 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 881 |
| 2023/24 | 915 |
| 2024/25 | 862 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Westwood Academy compares
The Westwood Academy ranked 18th of 22 secondary schools in Coventry for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.7 | 10.5% | 34% | 843 | — |
| WMG Academy for Young Engineers | 43 | 9.6% | 22.4% | 504 | 0.0 miles |
| Finham Park 2 | 43.8 | 10.1% | 34.2% | 812 | 0.5 miles |
| West Coventry Academy | 41.2 | 9.5% | 31.8% | 1,317 | 1.3 miles |
| Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School | 52.9 | 6.8% | 25.8% | 1,155 | 1.6 miles |
| Finham Park School | 55.7 | 6.9% | 13.1% | 1,724 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.02%
- English as an additional language
- 28.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.46%
- Persistent absence
- 26.7%
Location
Nearby schools
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WMG Academy for Young Engineers0.0 miles
Secondary · Coventry
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Finham Park 20.5 miles
Secondary · Coventry
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West Coventry Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Coventry
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Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School1.6 miles
Secondary · Coventry
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Finham Park School1.9 miles
Secondary · Coventry
Other schools in Coventry
The Westwood Academy ranks 20th of the 24 ranked secondary schools in Coventry.
- Ash Green School Secondary
- Barr's Hill School Secondary
- Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School Secondary
- Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Secondary
- Caludon Castle School Secondary
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School Secondary
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Secondary
- Coundon Court Secondary
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry Secondary
- Ernesford Grange Community Academy Secondary
- Finham Park 2 Secondary
- Finham Park School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Westwood Academy teach?
- The Westwood Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Coventry.
- Who is the headteacher of The Westwood Academy?
- The headteacher of The Westwood Academy is Mrs Deborah Talbot, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Westwood Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Westwood Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Westwood Academy?
- The Westwood Academy has 843 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Westwood Academy full?
- The Westwood Academy has capacity for 875 pupils and 843 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Westwood Academy a faith school?
- No. The Westwood Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Westwood Academy a selective school?
- No. The Westwood Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Westwood Academy?
- The Westwood Academy is part of KENILWORTH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Westwood Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.2 in 2022/23 and 40.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Westwood Academy rank locally?
- The Westwood Academy ranked 18th of 22 secondary schools in Coventry for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Westwood Academy's absence rate?
- The Westwood Academy's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Westwood Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Westwood Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.