The Crestwood School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Dudley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.21 miles
Published by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Crestwood School is a secondary school in Dudley for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2023. Dudley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Crestwood School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.21 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 there were 211 first-choice applications for 209 offers; 179 offers went to first-choice families and 32 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 1.21 miles, 3rd shortest of 10 Dudley secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.79 miles).
- Year 7 last distances have stayed close from year to year; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023.
- In 2024/25, 25% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 38.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dudley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bromley Lane, Kingswinford, Dudley, DY6 8QG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Dudley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,023 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils learn well at this vibrant and spirited school.”
- “Most pupils rise to these expectations.”
- “Pupils concentrate in lessons and play an active part in class discussions.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils, staff and parents are yet to buy into this vision.”
- “However, a small minority of pupils are repeatedly sanctioned for the same poor behaviours.”
- “Leaders recognise that more work needs to be done to establish the cause of these behaviours, and to give pupils the guidance and help that they need to improve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 211 first-preference applications, 209 offers in total, 179 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dudley.
- The Wordsley School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingswinford Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Summerhill School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thorns Collegiate Academy 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Pegasus Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ridgewood High School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Redhill School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellowes Hall Sports College 2.6 mi Good Last distance published