The Crestwood School

The Crestwood School is a secondary school in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. AdmissionsIt is an 11-16 comprehensive school with some 700 students on the roll, averaging at around 140 per year group. HistoryGrammar schoolThe 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. ComprehensiveIt 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. Easier access for studentsIn 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. Proposal to merge into an academyIn 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.

The Crestwood School is a secondary school in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. AdmissionsIt is an 11-16 comprehensive school with some 700 students on the roll, averaging at around 140 per year group. HistoryGrammar schoolThe 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. ComprehensiveIt 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. Easier access for studentsIn 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. Proposal to merge into an academyIn 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.