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Secondary · DY6 · Dudley

The Crestwood School

Bromley Lane, Kingswinford, Dudley, DY6 8QG

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Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance94.2%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.13
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils1023

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in DY6. Where we have them, council (Dudley) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1023
Free school meals
37%
18.9% above district average (18.1%)

Also: Dudley 29% · England 25.8%

SEN
21.9%
2.9% below district average (24.8%)

Also: Dudley 16.6% · England 16.5%

EAL
10.1%
4.9% above district average (5.2%)
Attendance
94.2%
1.3% below district average (95.5%)

Also: Dudley 91.6% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
16.2%
Progress 8
-0.13 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
38.9
Grade 5+ English & maths
25.4%
Grade 4+ English & maths
47.7%
Entered for EBacc
18.3%
EBacc average point score
3.07

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the DY6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.7%
  • 2021/2289.8%
  • 2022/2390.8%
  • 2023/2490.6%
  • 2024/2590.8%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
750
Pupils on roll
1023

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Dudley page.

SEN support

SEN %
21.9%
On-site provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit · HI, SEMH
Need types
HISEMH

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates