Crestwood Community School, Eastleigh

From the headteacher's welcome: "As the long serving Headteacher of this highly successful school I would very much like to welcome you to Crestwood Community School. In February 2024 Ofsted visited and confirmed that we continue to be a “good” school. We operate from two campuses, Shakespeare Road and Cherbourg Road, admitting Year 7 to 11."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, hockey, cricket and basketball.

In 2026, pupils at Crestwood Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 38.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.73: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 30.4, against 48.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Religious Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 219 families put Crestwood Community School as their first choice and 357 named it as one of their preferences, for 234 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Crestwood Community School are The Toynbee School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.2); Thornden School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 64.5); Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (2.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.8); and Wyvern College (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.6).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Crestwood Community School.

Of the 266 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

36.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 275 pupils (18.6%) received SEN support and 123 (8.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Crestwood Community School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and social, emotional and mental health needs: 30 places, 25 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Eastleigh Rail Station, about 1020 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Selborne Drive (adjacent), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 266 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Crestwood Community School issued 352 suspensions, 23.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Crestwood Community School are Shakespeare Infant School (under 0.1 miles), Shakespeare Junior School (under 0.1 miles), The Crescent Primary School (0.5 miles) and Norwood Primary & Pre-School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.