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Westlands School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
35.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.38 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 40.6[6] 35.5%[6]
2023/24 40.1[4] 30.2%[4] -0.38[4]
2022/23 44.5[7] 45%[7] +0.02[7]
2021/22 42.5[8] 38%[8] -0.17[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10] 14.3%[10]
2022/23 C-[11]
2021/22 C[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 D+[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
46% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
36% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 44%[15] 0%[15] 34%[15] 5%[15] 8%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 43%[16] 0%[16] 39%[16] 6%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 48%[17] 0%[17] 38%[17] 2%[17] 5%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 40%[18] 41%[18] 8%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
36% 2022/23[19]
Education
37% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
9% 2022/23[19]
Employment
35% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 40%[20] 45%[20] 10%[20] 32%[20]
2020/21 81%[21] 37%[21] 39%[21] 3%[21] 39%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 20%[22] 27%[22] 16%[22] 38%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 33%[23] 36%[23] 9%[23] 41%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
51% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 42%[26] 2%[26]
2019/20 31%[25] 2%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 46%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 33%[28] 0%[28] 0%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
25 Jun 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Feb 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1007 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
294 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
282 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 943[31] 300[31] 276[31] 3.4[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1095[31] 378[31] 259[31] 4.2[31] 1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1125[31] 439[31] 283[31] 4.0[31] 1.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 860[31] 303[31] 297[31] 2.9[31] 1.0[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1604[1]
Trust
SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.westlands.org.uk/[1]
District
Swale[32]
Postcode
ME10 1PF[1]
URN
136286[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1746 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
5.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
12.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
7.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.9% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87.5%[34]
Mixed
3.9%[34]
Asian
1%[34]
Black
4.8%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[34]
Unclassified
2.1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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