Crestwood Community School

Crestwood Community School continues to be recognized as a good school, demonstrating a strong sense of community and a friendly atmosphere. Students feel safe and valued, exhibiting polite behavior towards visitors and their peers. The leadership team is ambitious for the students' futures and is actively working to enhance their educational experience, supported by committed staff. Despite the improvements observed in certain subjects, challenges remain with some students' behavior and the effective differentiation of learning activities to meet varying student needs. The school is aware of these issues and is striving for further enhancements.

Strengths

• Welcoming and friendly atmosphere
• Strong sense of community among staff, pupils, and parents
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Diverse extra-curricular activities available
• Focused efforts on improving pupils' attendance
• Strong curriculum for personal development
• Teachers possess strong subject knowledge

Areas for Improvement

• Work not always matched to pupils' needs
• Some students demonstrate off-task behavior during lessons

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Crestwood Community School attended 89.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.7% of pupils at Crestwood Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Crestwood Community School had 15.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.6% of pupils at Crestwood Community School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 21 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Crestwood Community School received £8,943 and spent £9,050 for each of its 1,478 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £66,000 (£45 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Crestwood Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crestwood Community School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Crestwood Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crestwood Community School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Crestwood Community School have?

Crestwood Community School has 1,478 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crestwood Community School cover?

Crestwood Community School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Crestwood Community School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.7, and 39% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Crestwood Community School?

Crestwood Community School is at Shakespeare Road, Boyatt Wood, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 4FZ.