Westlands School | |
Coordinates: | 51.3427°N 0.711°W |
Type: | Academy |
Head Label: | Trust Principal |
Head: | Jonathan Whitcombe |
Address: | Westlands Avenue |
City: | Sittingbourne |
County: | Kent |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | ME10 1PF |
Dfeno: | 886/5434 |
Urn: | 136286 |
Ofsted: | Good (2019) |
Capacity: | 1742+ |
Gender: | Coeducational |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Houses: | Year 11 and more |
Colours: | Yellow, Green, Red, Blue and Grey |
Westlands School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Sittingbourne in the English county of Kent.[1]
Previously a foundation school administered by Kent County Council, Westlands School converted to academy status on 1 September 2010. Westlands School has specialist status in Mathematics, Computing & Science. The school is now part of the Swale Academies Trust which also includes Westlands Primary School, Regis Manor Primary School, Meopham School and The Sittingbourne School.[2]
Westlands School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels, City and Guilds courses and further BTECs.
It is the largest school in Sittingbourne, with a total of 1,742 students. The school Is adapting new communities which include a separate year 11 group.