Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School

Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School remains a good school, fostering a strong sense of belonging and community among its pupils. With a broad and inclusive curriculum, students are supported well, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), achieving commendable outcomes. The school prioritizes reading and has implemented various strategies to engage students, though there are some inconsistencies in teaching practices and staff confidence, particularly in phonics instruction, which affects the pace at which some pupils catch up.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe, and cared for in a supportive environment.
• The school has high expectations for behaviour and punctuality among pupils.
• There are numerous opportunities for pupils to develop leadership skills and engage in extracurricular activities.
• The curriculum is ambitious, aiming to build knowledge from early years to Year 6.
• Strong support systems are in place for pupils with special educational needs, allowing them to achieve well.
• Pupils demonstrate a love of reading and engage actively with a variety of books.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teachers’ use of assessment in some subjects.
• Some staff lack confidence in teaching reading, particularly to pupils who have fallen behind.
• The strategy for securing outcomes for disadvantaged pupils is not comprehensive or effective enough.
• Insufficiently precise analysis of behaviour and progress data limits leaders' ability to respond to emerging issues.

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 and Jordan Church of England Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.9% 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 and Jordan Church of England 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 and Jordan Church of England Primary School had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.5% 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, 9.4% of pupils at Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 and Jordan Church of England Primary School received £6,556 and spent £6,446 for each of its 465 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £271,000 (£582 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 and Jordan Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School have?

Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School has 478 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School cover?

Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School?

Cooper and Jordan Church of England Primary School is at The Green, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 8NH.