The Crestwood School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. It is an 11-18 comprehensive school with over 900 students. History Early years The school was started during the 1930s as Brierley Hill Intermediate School in Mill St., Brierley Hill. It became Brierley Hill Technical School before becoming a Grammar School in the 1950s with students from the Urban District and other parts of South Staffordshire 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. It went comprehensive and was renamed The Crestwood School in 1975 and has ever since has served the eastern area of Kingswinford, which mainly developed after the Second World War. It stands on the border of Kingswinford, Pensnett and Brierley Hill townships. The school had a sixth form until July 1991 and as of September 2015 reinstated its sixth form under the Invictus Education Trust. In 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 these two blocks easily. In December 2007, plans were unveiled to merge Crestwood with nearby Pensnett High School to form an academy but these plans were dismissed 15 months later. Soon after this the head teacher departed and this position was taken up by the deputy head of the time. Recent years In 2012 Mr T Bowles took over to continue the running of the School. There was the introduction CCTV Cameras in and around the campus to improve security and the latest refurbishment of the school's science laboratories was completed. On 1 March 2015 the school converted to academy status. In 2015 The Crestwood School founded their new sixth form and is part of the "Invictus Education Trust", set up with schools which are respectfully: Leasowes High School, Ounsdale High School, Ellowes Sports College and Kinver High School. Mr. Bowles has moved to head up "Invictus Education Trust" in August 2018. Recently work has undergone at the school to provide a state of the art 4G Astro Pitch , a brand new canteen (called Crest Central), a new drama room, a refurbished music block, a refurbishment of the hall (which now offers new seating, a new stage and new