The Westwood Academy, Coventry

In its own words: "The core values of The Westwood Academy reflect the way in which we develop our students. The core values link with our Trust strapline of 'Aspiring to Excellence Through Quality, Ambition and Independence', while being aligned with our Westwood Way. In living the values, students are ambitious in their learning and know that hard work is rewarded."

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to The Westwood Academy, a school where students are happy, successful and, most importantly, thrive. Guided by our core values of kindness, resilience, respect, reflection and ambition, we strive to develop confident, resilient learners who believe that 'better never stops'."

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 3 November 2026, an open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026 and an open evening on Thursday 5 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at The Westwood Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Coventry and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Coventry and 47% in England.

That is up from 40.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.08: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.4, against 50.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 89 families put The Westwood Academy as their first choice and 321 named it as one of their preferences, for 117 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Westwood Academy are WMG Academy for Young Engineers (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); Finham Park 2 (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.8); West Coventry Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.3); and Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4).

The Westwood Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

The Westwood Academy is one of 2 schools run by Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

85 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Westwood Academy (as of September 2025): 64% would recommend the school, 67% say their child is happy there and 44% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (73%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (44%).

Of the 143 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 45 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 76% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 7% into work. 23% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

27.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (57%), Asian (12%) and Black (11%).

In 2026, 208 pupils (24.7%) received SEN support and 22 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Canley Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Westwood Academy (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Westwood Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 150 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, burglary and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Coventry (253).

In 2024/25, The Westwood Academy issued 247 suspensions, 28.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 7 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Westwood Academy are Charter Academy (0.4 miles), Templars Primary School (0.7 miles), Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School (1 mile) and Leigh Church of England Academy (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.