Crestwood Community School
Shakespeare Road, Boyatt Wood, Eastleigh, SO50 4FZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Krista Dawkins
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Eastleigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,478
- URN
- 116445
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380641232
About this school
Crestwood Community School is a community secondary school in Eastleigh. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,478 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 7 February 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 241 | 266 | 294 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.8 | 34.6 | 38.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.43 -0.61 to -0.24 | -0.73 -0.90 to -0.55 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% | 24.4% | 27.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 43.2% | 46.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 18% | 21.4% | 24.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Crestwood Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.8 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.6 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.1 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,403 |
| 2023/24 | 1,460 |
| 2024/25 | 1,489 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crestwood Community School compares
Crestwood Community School ranked 56th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.1 | 10.9% | 36.8% | 1,478 | — |
| The Toynbee School | 47.8 | 7.6% | 18.4% | 1,107 | 0.8 miles |
| Thornden School | 59.9 | 5.3% | 6.1% | 1,440 | 1.2 miles |
| Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton | 60 | 5% | 18.9% | 1,031 | 2.4 miles |
| Wyvern College | 44.8 | 8.1% | 21.5% | 1,313 | 2.8 miles |
| Cantell School | 46.9 | 7.6% | 43.5% | 1,313 | 3.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.8%
- English as an additional language
- 11.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.9%
- Persistent absence
- 27.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Toynbee School0.8 miles
Secondary · Eastleigh
-
Thornden School1.2 miles
Secondary · Eastleigh
-
Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton2.4 miles
Secondary · Southampton
-
Wyvern College2.8 miles
Secondary · Eastleigh
-
Cantell School3.1 miles
Secondary · Southampton
Other schools in Eastleigh
- The Toynbee School Secondary
- Thornden School Secondary
- Wyvern College Secondary
- Chandler's Ford Infant School Primary
- Cherbourg Primary School Primary
- Colden Common Primary School Primary
- Fair Oak Infant School Primary
- Fair Oak Junior School Primary
- Fryern Infant School Primary
- Fryern Junior School Primary
- Hiltingbury Infant School Primary
- Hiltingbury Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crestwood Community School teach?
- Crestwood Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Eastleigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Crestwood Community School?
- The headteacher of Crestwood Community School is Krista Dawkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crestwood Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crestwood Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Crestwood Community School?
- Crestwood Community School has 1,478 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Crestwood Community School full?
- Crestwood Community School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,478 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Crestwood Community School a faith school?
- No. Crestwood Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Crestwood Community School a selective school?
- No. Crestwood Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Crestwood Community School have?
- The schools register lists Crestwood Community School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Crestwood Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.8 in 2022/23 and 38.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crestwood Community School rank locally?
- Crestwood Community School ranked 56th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 33% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crestwood Community School's absence rate?
- Crestwood Community School's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crestwood Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crestwood Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.