Crest Girls' Academy Explained

The Crest Girls Academy
Coordinates:51.5634°N -0.2419°W
Motto:Excellence in Education for All
Established:1958
Closed:2014
Type:Academy
Head Label:Executive Principal
Head:Phil Hearne
R Head Label:Principal Director of Academies
R Head:Fiona Deegan
Chair Label:Chair of Governors
Address:Crest Road
City:Neasden
County:Greater London
Country:England
Postcode:NW2 7SN
Ofsted:Inadequate (Serious Weaknesses)
Gender:Girls
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:19
Colours:
Purple, Black and White
Website:http://www.thecrestgirlsacademy.org.uk/

The Crest Girls' Academy, formerly known as John Kelly Girls' Technology College, was a girls' secondary school with academy status located in Neasden, Brent, North West London. The school was situated next to Crest Boys' Academy; the schools shared a sixth form. All three schools were amalgamated into E-ACT Crest Academy, which opened in September 2014.

The Crest Girls' Academy was sponsored by E-ACT. The school was one of the first to gain a specialism in the specialist schools movement. Crest Girls had three specialisms: Technology (1998) Languages (2004) and Training Schools.

As per Ofsted report in June 2013, the school had serious weakness and offered an inadequate standard of education. The Academy underwent a restructuring with new teaching and leadership appointments to drive forward the standards. The Academy sought consultation over plans to merge Crest Girls' Academy and Crest Boys' Academy into one school, retaining single sex education. The Academy was due to merge in September 2014 and set to move into its new £40 million building also.

GCSE headline figures for the school had risen in recent years. In 2011, 43% of students attending Crest Girls' Academy achieved 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including English and Maths. This rose to 51% 5A*-C grades at GCSE including English and Maths in 2012 and 56% in 2013.