Schools by area › Hampshire › Crestwood Community School
Crestwood Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Shakespeare Road, Boyatt Wood, Eastleigh SO50 4FZ · crestwood.hants.sch.uk · 023 8064 1232
On the mapSearch near SO50 4FZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,478
- 99% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.6%
- First language not English
- 14.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 219 families put the school first and 234 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 234 | 219 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 283 | 280 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 280 | 254 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 285 | 278 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 291 | 255 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.1, and 27.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hampshire it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼27.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼46.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼24.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.27 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.4 | — |
| Sixth form college | 38 | −5.9 |
| Further education | 44 | +10.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.6 | +1.8 |
| Employment | 4.9 | −3.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | −0.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Crestwood Community School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (277 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 68%
- Replies
- 277
- 19% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied
based on 97 parents (35%) with SEND