Westlands School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sittingbourne, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.048 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Westlands School is a secondary school in Sittingbourne, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 May 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Westlands School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.048 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 Year 7 admissions, the last child offered a place lived 1.048 miles away, the 7th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 294 first-choice applications for 282 offers; 256 offers went to first-choice families and 38 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 40.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,690 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils value the school’s highly inclusive and ambitious ethos.”
- “These are used to help pupils develop positive, purposeful attitudes to learning which support them to achieve well.”
- “The school emphasises the importance of pupils being considerate and kind to others.”
To improve
- “However, the school recognises that the number of pupils pursuing the English Baccalaureate at key stage 4 is too low.”
- “However, in some lessons, this does not pick up when pupils have inaccurate knowledge.”
- “As a result, in these lessons, some pupils continue to have insecure understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 294 first-preference applications, 282 offers in total, 256 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Borden Grammar School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Highsted Grammar School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Fulston Manor School 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Sittingbourne School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Minster 6.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Lenham School 7.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- EKC Sheppey Secondary 7.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Abbey School 7.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published