We regularly organise opportunities and events to give back to our community through fundraising and to promote awareness and inclusion.

Each year different charities in our community benefit from our Big Hearts programme.

We raise money for Royal British Legion and encourage fund raising by students for personal causes and charities close to their heart.

We use our locality to actively create links and give our pupils a sense of their wider community and their position within it.

We take regular trips to Christ church, Our Parish Council and local parks. We enjoy attending events at TESCO and our local care homes.

Other events our pupils participate in are;

Children in Need

Red Nose Day

Xmas Jumper Day

Wear Yellow- Mental Health Day

Odd Socks Day

Care Homes cards/visits

Choir in the community

‘Ready for the next steps’

Westlea are committed to assisting all young people with their next step.

We offer opportunities to pupils from local comprehensive schools in Year 10 work experience

We offer opportunities and have strong links with our local colleges, Peterlee and Sunderland- school mentor T-level and B TEC students in health and social care (providing link teacher and Senior leader involvement and inductions)

We give opportunities for staff who are undertaking further studies- lunchtime supervisors completing TA qualifications.

Opportunities for placements from local universities- School is registered on the national programme of Teacher training placements. Helping to support our future educationalists.

We welcome American College students to school. During their visit, the students speak to our pupils about life in America and high school. They conduct assemblies and as a school we host events for the community at this time.