Westwood Academy
Valley Bridge Parade, Scarborough, YO11 2PG
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VENN ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Fox
- Sponsor
- Venn Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 152558
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01723330629
About this school
Westwood Academy is a special academy in Scarborough. It teaches children aged 11 to 16.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit (URN 132027).
Inspection history
Location
Nearby schools
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Springhead School0.9 miles
Special schools · Scarborough
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Scarborough College1.0 miles
Independent schools · Scarborough
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The Woodlands Academy1.3 miles
Academies · Scarborough
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Cambian Scarborough School2.9 miles
Special schools · Scarborough
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Brompton Hall School7.0 miles
Academies · Scarborough
Other schools in Scarborough
- Brompton Hall School Academies
- Cambian Scarborough School Special schools
- Springhead School Special schools
- The Woodlands Academy Academies
- Childhaven Community Nursery School Nursery
- Barrowcliff School Primary
- Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School Primary
- Cayton Community Primary School Primary
- East Ayton Community Primary School Primary
- Friarage Community Academy Primary
- Gladstone Road Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Westwood Academy teach?
- Westwood Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Scarborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Westwood Academy?
- The headteacher of Westwood Academy is Mrs Joanne Fox, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Westwood Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected 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.
- Is Westwood Academy a faith school?
- No. Westwood Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Westwood Academy?
- Westwood Academy is part of VENN ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does Westwood Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Westwood Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 13 August 2026.