Westlands School is a secondary school located in Sittingbourne. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 27/02/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF
Website: http://www.westlands.org.uk/
Telephone: 01795477475
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Christina Honess
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136286

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 27/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1604
Number of Pupils: 1728
Number of Boys: 921
Number of Girls: 807

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.1 Confidence interval -0.26 to 0.05
Of the 267 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 262 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:31%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.6
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Grove Park Primary School
Hilton Drive , ME10 1PT 		3out of 4 812 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Westlands Primary School
Homewood Avenue , ME10 1XN 		3out of 4 944 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Borden Church of England Primary School
School Lane , Borden ME9 8JS 		4out of 4 1,318 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Bobbing Village School
Sheppey Way , Bobbing ME9 8PL 		4out of 4 1,333 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
West Ridge , ME10 1UJ 		4out of 4 1,456 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Westlands School
Westlands Avenue , ME10 1PF 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Borden Grammar School
Avenue of Remembrance , ME10 4DB 		3out of 4 1,906 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
Highsted Grammar School
Highsted Road , ME10 4PT 		4out of 4 2,269 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School
Fulston Manor School
Brenchley Road , ME10 4EG 		3out of 4 2,291 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Aspire School
Vellum Drive , ME10 5DA 		- not rated 892 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
VTC Independent School
Unit 2 , Century 2000 ME10 3DZ 		- not rated 2,662 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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