The number of students who have learning difficulties or disabilities, and the proportion who are eligible for free school meals, are higher than average.

[3] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate (EBACC) qualification; this must include core subjects, a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography.

There is a sophisticated system of setting into broad bands, that is driven by students' previous exposure to Spanish or French at primary school, and the results in their Key Stage 2 tests.

The subjects currently offered are: Music, Drama, History, Engineering, BTEC Sport, GCSE PE Food Technology, ICT, Geography, Business, Art, Health and Social Care, and Computing.

[4] Students from the Westwood school benefit from the facilities of the adjacent Xcel Leisure Centre (which also serves as the head office for Coventry Sports Foundation, now operating as CV Life).