The Crestwood School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Dudley, DY6 8QG
- Distance
- 1.1km away
The Wordsley School
Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley, Stourbridge, DY8 5SP
Local ranking19th of 19 secondary schools in Dudley
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
915
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 February 2024.
School history and status
Continues from The Wordsley School (URN 103858) since 1 June 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 176
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 933
- Boys
- 495 (55%)
- Girls
- 411 (45%)
- Capacity
- 915 (99% full)
- SEND
- 19.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.8%
- EAL
- 8.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £2,227/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.3%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
- White Other: 1.2%
- White Irish: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
79.5%
White British
6.5%
Asian Pakistani
3.3%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Brierley Hill Road
Stourbridge, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 151792
- UKPRN
- 10097831
- Establishment No.
- 4030
- Trust
- STOUR VALE ACADEMY TRUST
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