| 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.[1]
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, merging Crest Girls' Academy and Crest Boys' Academy into one school, retaining single sex education. Both schools merged in September 2014.[2]
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.