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Crestwood Community School

Secondary · Eastleigh · SO50 4FZ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 7 February 2024

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At a glance

1,478 pupils · 99% of 1,500 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
36.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://crestwood.hants.sch.uk/
URN
116445

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 219 families named it first for 234 Year 7 places, 0.94 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.18 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 7 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

234 places offered · 219 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.18 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

294 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
38.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
46.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
27.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school38.1
Median of its 12 closest peers40.8
Hampshire average45.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Titus Salt SchoolBradford · 199 miles awayNeeds attention40.9
Acland Burghley SchoolLondon · 66 miles awayGood49.9
Oaks Park High SchoolCarshalton · 58 miles awayGood42.5
Brompton AcademyGillingham · 87 miles awayGood38.1
Trinity Church of England School, BelvedereBelvedere · 74 miles awayNeeds attention34.1
The Sittingbourne SchoolSittingbourne · 95 miles awayGood34.1
Westlands SchoolSittingbourne · 93 miles awayGood40.6
The King's AcademyMiddlesbrough · 245 miles awayNeeds attention37.9
Bodmin CollegeBodmin · 151 miles awayRequires improvement46
Pilton Community CollegeBarnstaple · 118 miles awayGood46.4
Laurus RyecroftManchester · 177 miles awayOutstanding51.6
Lift WintonAndover · 17 miles awayGood37.9

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
25 of 30 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Hampshire 80%, England 59%) · Any other White background 5% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

23.64 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 20.23 suspensions and 0.09 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

72.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,443; 11.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,050
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 8% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (7%) · supplies and services 9% (10%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £66,034; in-year balance -£158,030

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
89%
Continuing in education
83%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61%62.3%
Social housing19.4%17.1%
Privately rented19.4%20.5%
Detached houses6.2%22.9%
Flats29.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022673 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£295,000434 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£215,000–£345,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (47)£450,000
Semi-detached (113)£340,000
Terraced (158)£290,000
Flat (116)£171,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.90 km, 2025 entry): 1,263 sales, median £310,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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