Heart of England SchoolThe Westwood Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Heart of England School and The Westwood Academy are secondary schools in Coventry.

  • Heart of England School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Westwood Academy scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Heart of England School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Heart of England School was judged Good and The Westwood Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.0 for Heart of England School and 40.7 for The Westwood Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Heart of England School (51.1 in 2021-22, 47.0 in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Westwood Academy (43.4 in 2021-22, 40.7 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Heart of England School versus The Westwood Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CoventryHeart of England SchoolCoventryThe Westwood AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureD54/100
Local ranking9th of 15 in Solihull 14th of 22 in Coventry
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,216 862
Capacity1,365 875
LocationCoventry, CV7 7FW Coventry, CV4 8DY
GCSE results
Attainment 847.0 Stronger figure40.7 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths46.5% Stronger figure35.4% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths71.8% Stronger figure58.5% 64.8%
Entering EBacc64.3% Stronger figure4.8% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.23 Stronger figure3.42 4.09
Cohort213 147
A-level results
A-level entries68 32
A-level average points32.2 32.3 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC+ C+
Best 3 A-levels points32.3 33.6 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects6.3% 19.0% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,216 862
Free school meals (ever 6)18.7% 34.0%
English as an additional language5.8% 28.4%
SEN support22.7% 23.0%
SEN with an EHC plan1.6% 3.3%
Attendance
Overall absence8.5% Stronger figure10.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence21.4% 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.

Heart of England School

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