Crestwood Community School (known as Crestwood College prior to its name change in August 2017) is a

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, located in

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in the

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. Crestwood is a split-site school, operating two campuses on Shakespeare Road and Cherbourg Road. It is a community school administered by

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, which coordinates the school's admissions. The school specialises in Business and Enterprise. Crestwood Community School offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school operates two SEN resourced provisions: a Specific Learning Difficulties provision on the Shakespeare Road campus and a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs provision on the Cherbourg Road campus. The SEMH provision is delivered in partnership with Cherbourg Primary School. In March 2016, it was announced that the nearby Quilley School would be closed and that Crestwood would expand — as of September 2016 — to deliver 11–16 education across two sites.

Notable former pupils

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, radio DJ

References

External links

Crestwood Community School official website
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