Westlands Academy

State-Funded School

westlands-academy-stockton-on-tees-north-east

North EastRegion

Stockton-on-TeesLocal Authority

Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastConstituency

TS17 9RAPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Westlands Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–16, located in Stockton-on-Tees, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 87 pupils. Westlands Academy is part of Horizons Specialist Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 18 Nov 2025 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 6.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.34

Ethnicity

White

99%

Black

Pupils

Total Pupils

87%Boys

13%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

72%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 87
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Horizons Specialist Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 24 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Jan 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.