The Crestwood School
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| The Crestwood School | |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Mr D Francis |
| Location | Bromley Lane Kingswinford West Midlands DY6 8QG England |
| LEA | Dudley |
| Ofsted number | 103856 |
| Students | 750 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.crestwood-s.dudley.gov.uk/ |
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The Crestwood School is a secondary school located in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. It was originally built during the 1930s as Brierley Hill Grammar School but went comprehensive about 30 years later and has since expanded to serve the eastern area of Kingswinford which was mainly developed after the Second World War. It stands on the border of Kingswinford and Brierley Hill townships.
[edit] Summary and Campus 21
Crestwood is one of the more successful secondary schools in the area and is part of a project that involves a Primary School and a school with Special Educational Needs. These schools work with each other as much as possible. The area known as Campus 21 has benefited from investment in recent years including the building of The Brier School (SEN 5-19) and a new sports hall. Many subjects have excelled in recent years. A recent performance put on by drama pupils was Pinocchio.
Two systems used annually within Crestwood include the Buddy system, whereby year 10 pupils work with new year 7's in a bid to help them settle in after such a major change. There is also a Prefect system where by a group of year 11 pupils help the school community in by assisting teachers in the day to day monitoring of pupils in non-contact time.
[edit] Extra Curricular
There are many opportunities throughout the school for personal improvement and many extra qualifications and courses are available for all types of pupil for example, Critical Thinking AS level, for more gifted students, hosted by King Edward VI College, and several vocational opportunities at other local colleges.
Many one-off activities take place throughout the year such as debates, swimming galas and historic visits.
[edit] Special Educational Needs
Crestwood has a very active SEN policy, with a higher than average proportion of SEN pupils than most other schools, this has been bolstered recently by the introduction of a scheme whereby Crestwood becomes the major centre for deaf or hard of hearing pupils throughout the Dudley Metropolitan Borough
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