• Year 7 and Year 11 students return on Tuesday, September 2nd.
• Year 12 Enrolment and Induction Day on Tuesday, September 2nd.
• All other students return on Wednesday, September 3rd.

Note: Year 12- Enrolment and Induction day.  

Year 12 students will be on school site on Tuesday, September 2nd, completing their enrolment and induction tasks between 9am and 12 noon. Year 12 pupils will not be in lessons.  Lessons for Year 12 pupils commence on Thursday, September 4th.

You can contact our School Office by emailing westlandsoffice@swale.at or by phoning 01795 477475. 

Our full address is: The Westlands School, Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1PF.

If the team is unable to answer your question, they will put you in touch with someone who can.

• Click here for our term dates for 2025/26.
• Click here for our term dates for 2026/27.

Bus companies typically send bus passes to the school in bulk at the start of the academic year. Our office team will distribute these to students upon receipt.

You can contact any member of your child’s Year Team by email.  Full contact details for each Year Team (and other helpful email addresses) can be found here.

You can report an absence by:

• Phoning: 01795 477475, Option 1

• Emailing our attendance office directly at: wss-attendanceoffice@swale.at

More information about attendance can be found here.

If you have any concerns regarding the well-being or safety of one of our students, please contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Mrs. Giles, at adelle.giles@swale.at.

Alternatively, you can contact your child’s Principal, as they are all trained Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads and can help deal with your concern.

For more information about Safeguarding at Westlands School, please click here.

Please click here for more details about our SEND Team and how to contact them.

Information about our admissions process can be found here.

If you would like to apply for a Year 7 place for September 2026, please visit Kent Admissions. 

Pupils start arriving at school from around 7.50am and can enjoy a free breakfast in Newlands Canteen at our Breakfast Club.  Others chose to help out on the school farm, visit the library, socialise with their friends or take part in one of our ‘Period 0’ revision sessions.    

Lessons begin at 8:35 a.m. and finish at 3:05 p.m. We have six lessons each day. For a full breakdown of the school day, please click here.

We encourage all pupils to join our many lunchtime and after-school clubs. All clubs are free, and all pupils are welcome to take part. A full list of what is on offer this term can be found here. 

Year 11 students are also provided with additional revision sessions after school each day. Full details of our OSL (Out of School Learning) schedule can be found here.

A full list of clubs for this term can be found here. At Westlands, we believe it is extremely important to offer a wide and varied range of clubs. If there are any clubs you think we should be running but cannot see on the list, please let Mr Watson know.

Please contact your child’s Learning Leader.  

• Year 7 - Mr Rochester (connor.rochester@swale.at)

• Year 8 - Mrs Little (sian.little@swale.at)

• Year 9 - Miss Rivers (kate.rivers@swale.at)

• Year 10 - Mrs Embleton (sam.embleton@swale.at) 

• Year 11 - Miss Clark (please note, Miss Clark is on maternity leave  - during her absence Mr Corrente (chris.corrente@swale.at) will be overseeing pupils’ progress).

• Year 12 and 13 - Miss Clayton (jenny.clayton@swale.at) and Mr Walsom (warren.walson@swale.at)

Year 11 revision classes (OSL) begin on Monday, September 8th. Full details can be found here.

Pupils are allowed to bring mobile phones to school. However, once they enter the school gate, the phone must be turned off and placed in their bag.

• Years 7 - 11: If a mobile phone or electronic device is seen, heard, or used on the school site, it will be confiscated. The phone will be kept until a parent or carer can collect it.

• Years 12 and 13 (Sixth Form): Students are allowed to use personal electronic devices for independent study only within the Sixth Form area. If a mobile phone is seen or used outside of this area, it will be confiscated.

Further information can be found in our school Behaviour Policy.

Further information can be found here.

My Child at School (MCAS) is an online portal and app that allows parents to view their child’s information in real-time.

At Westlands we use MCAS to share information about your child’s attendance, assessments, exams, timetable, behaviour and reports.

More information about how to access your MCAS account can be found here.

The Bromcom Student Portal is the student version of MCAS.  It is designed to provide students with key information related to school activities and their performance. Students can view their timetable, weekly schedule and how many positive points they have collected.

Students will be shown how to access their Student Portal and their Google Mail account during their Computer Science lessons.  

If your child does not have access to this portal by the end of term 1, please contact their Learning Leader.