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The Crestwood School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bromley Lane, Kingswinford, Dudley DY6 8QG · crestwoodschool.co.uk · 01384 686850
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Dudley 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,023
- 97% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 211 families put the school first and 209 places were offered; 85% 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 | 209 | 211 | 1▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 200 | 181 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 200 | 223 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 199 | 238 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 202 | 196 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.9, and 25.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Dudley it was 43, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼25.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼47.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.07 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.4 | −7.2 |
| Sixth form college | 13.8 | +3.7 |
| Further education | 59.1 | +6.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4 | +0.8 |
| Employment | 2 | −3.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.9 | +0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 5.4 | +0.7 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Crestwood School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103856), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103856)
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (95 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 95
- 10% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (29%) with SEND