The Westwood Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Coventry
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Coventry City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Westwood Academy is a secondary school in Coventry for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Coventry has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Westwood Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 6 earlier years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 6 of the 19 other Coventry secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 89 first-choice applications for 117 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 19 Coventry secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 35% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Coventry.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Coventry schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mitchell Avenue, Canley, Coventry, CV4 8DY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Coventry
- Pupils on roll
- 843 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils and sixth-form students at The Westwood Academy readily embrace its motto, ‘Better never stops’.”
- “They want to succeed, so they study hard in lessons.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and disadvantaged pupils, achieve well.”
To improve
- “Pupils say that bullying does happen but that staff work hard to tackle it.”
- “Until this year, few pupils took a GCSE modern foreign language.”
- “This restricted English Baccalaureate (EBacc) entry rates and limited pupils’ academic options after Year 11.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2025 (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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.7 | 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: 89 first-preference applications, 117 offers in total, 89 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 Coventry.
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Finham Park 2 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Coventry Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Finham Park School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barr's Hill School 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Coundon Court 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sidney Stringer Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published