Cooper Perry Primary School

Cooper Perry Primary School demonstrates a strong performance overall, meeting the expected standards in various aspects of education. The school has implemented effective measures to improve attendance and manage pupil behavior, fostering a safe and caring environment for students. Leaders and governors work collaboratively to enhance the educational experience and ensure all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, feel included and valued. Despite these strengths, there are notable areas for improvement, particularly in addressing gaps in foundational skills among older pupils, especially in handwriting and mathematics.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding culture that ensures pupils feel safe.
• Personalized support for pupils struggling with attendance.
• Well-planned early years curriculum that fosters progression.
• Positive behavior and respectful interactions among pupils.
• Strong, inclusive approach to teaching that values every pupil.
• A broad and well-sequenced curriculum reflecting local context.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent identification and support for gaps in pupils' foundational knowledge.
• Variable achievement for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Need for better adaptation of learning tasks for those with additional needs.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cooper Perry Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Cooper Perry Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cooper Perry Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.2% of pupils at Cooper Perry Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Cooper Perry Primary School received £6,977 and spent £6,862 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £126,000 (£611 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Cooper Perry Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cooper Perry Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Cooper Perry Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cooper Perry Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Cooper Perry Primary School have?

Cooper Perry Primary School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cooper Perry Primary School cover?

Cooper Perry Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Cooper Perry Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cooper Perry Primary School?

Cooper Perry Primary School is at Seighford, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 9PQ.