Finham Park SchoolThe Westwood Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Coventry.

Summary of the comparison

Finham Park School and The Westwood Academy are secondary schools in Coventry.

  • Finham Park School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Westwood Academy scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Finham Park School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Finham Park School was judged the expected standard and The Westwood Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 55.7 for Finham Park School and 40.7 for The Westwood Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Finham Park School (57.3 in 2021-22, 55.7 in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Westwood Academy (43.4 in 2021-22, 40.7 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Finham Park School versus The Westwood Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CoventryFinham Park SchoolCoventryThe Westwood AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100Stronger figureD54/100
Local ranking5th of 22 in Coventry Stronger figure14th of 22 in Coventry
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,705 862
Capacity1,750 875
LocationCoventry, CV3 6EA Coventry, CV4 8DY
GCSE results
Attainment 855.7 Stronger figure40.7 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths61.6% Stronger figure35.4% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths81.4% Stronger figure58.5% 64.8%
Entering EBacc79.7% Stronger figure4.8% 40.5%
EBacc average point score5.31 Stronger figure3.42 4.09
Cohort237 147
A-level results
A-level entries180 32
A-level average points34.0 Stronger figure32.3 35.0
A-level average gradeC+ C+
Best 3 A-levels points33.1 33.6 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects11.9% 19.0% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,705 862
Free school meals (ever 6)13.1% 34.0%
English as an additional language24.5% 28.4%
SEN support19.0% 23.0%
SEN with an EHC plan1.6% 3.3%
Attendance
Overall absence6.9% Stronger figure10.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence16.8% Stronger figure26.7% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Finham Park School

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