The Crestwood School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Dudley
Unique reference
141325
Address
Bromley Lane, Kingswinford, DY6 8QG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1022 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
9.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.6%
Persistent absence
31.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.2%
Mixed 7.3%
Pakistani 6.2%
Other White 2.6%
Indian 0.9%
Other Asian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.7%
African 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.4%
Unclassified 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 3%
Local authority average 24%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.9
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 3.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award74
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award51
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE171
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Crestwood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
223
2nd preference
120
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
194
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
106
101
Year 8
208
97
111
Year 9
202
100
102
Year 10
203
102
101
Year 11
202
90
112
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
47.0%
55.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
23.0%
12.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
17.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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