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Westlands Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formStockton-on-Tees, North East · Stockton-on-Tees TS17 9RATrust: Horizons Specialist Academy Trust
Pupils on roll
87of 85 places
Free school meals
72.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
16
Ofsted
Report card, 18 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Westlands School (URN 139979, until 31 August 2014).

What the data says

Westlands Academy has no sixth form. Of the 21 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

29% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 6.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Stockton-on-Tees, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Stockton-on-Tees and England.

Westlands Academy
Stockton-on-Tees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWestlands AcademyStockton-on-TeesEngland
Pupils in the cohort212,269607,348
Any sustained destination43%89%92%
Stayed in education43%83%86%
— school sixth form0%14%34%
— sixth form college0%13%13%
— further education college43%54%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination29%9%6%
Destination unknown29%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureWestlands AcademyStockton-on-TeesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)6.845.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%39%41%
EBacc average point score0.343.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort81%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%7%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1275%89%0%20%0%
Mathematics1275%88%0%22%17%
Art and Design1063%7%0%24%10%
English Literature16%86%21%

Other secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

Conyers School

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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Egglescliffe School

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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.