The Crestwood School
| Motto | Service Not Self |
|---|---|
| Established | 1975 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Mr Tony Bowles |
| Location |
Bromley Lane Kingswinford West Midlands DY6 8QG England  Coordinates: 52°29′26″N 2°09′05″W / 52.49061°N 2.15139°W |
| Local authority | Dudley |
| DfE number | 332/4000 |
| DfE URN | 141325 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 753 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Invincible, Discovery, Endeavour, Victory and Warrior |
| Colours | Orange, Blue, Green, Red and Yellow |
| Former name | Brierley Hill Grammar School |
| Website | www |
The Crestwood School is a secondary school in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.
It is an 11-16 comprehensive school with some 700 students on the roll, averaging at around 140 per year group.
The school was started during the 1930s as Brierley Hill Intermediate School in Mill St., Brierley Hill town. It became Brierley Hill Technical School before becoming a Grammar School in the 1950s with pupils from the Urban District and other parts of South Staffs Education Authority area and Brierley Hill Parliamentary district. The Grammar School relocated to new purpose-built premises in Bromley Lane, the current building, in 1959.
It went comprehensive and was renamed The Crestwood School in 1975 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.
The school had a sixth form until July 1991.
In August 2006, the school completed work to insert a lift and adjoining corridors between the two main education "blocks" - A block and B block. A consequence of this is that students are now able to cross between the two blocks without having to go in a "up-and-down" fashion.
In December 2007, plans were unveiled to merge Crestwood with nearby Pensnett High School to form an academy, but these plans were scrapped 15 months later.
In May the Head Teacher Mrs Maxine Suthons banned energy drinks including Red Bull from the school amid concerns that they fuelled disruptive behaviour by pupils. This event proved to be controversial through the eyes of the media. Now there are vending machines that sell energy drinks.
In 2012, Head Teacher Mrs Maxine Suthons retired and Mr T Bowles (Deputy Head) has taken over to continue the progress of Crestwood School.
Over the school holidays, The Crestwood school had implanted CCTV Cameras in and around the school to improve security and, after two years, the refurbishment of the school's Science laboratories was completed.
On 1 March 2015 the school converted to academy status.
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. The area known as Campus 21 has benefited from investment including the building of The Brier School (SEN 5-19) and a new sports hall. The Drama department is one of the most successful subjects in the school, each year they perform for the National Youth Theatre, the recent performance was Ruckus In The Garden. There is a current drama project going under-way for the Shakespeare's school festival 2010 which the Drama group will perform 'Romeo And Juliet'
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