Coopers Edge School

Coopers Edge School is performing well overall, with inspectors rating its overall effectiveness as good. The school is characterized by a positive and nurturing environment where staff have high aspirations for their pupils. The curriculum is ambitious and inclusive, providing a broad range of opportunities for all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school promotes a love of learning and effectively supports students in their personal development. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in the assessment of students' long-term retention of knowledge, which affects their understanding in foundation subjects.

Strengths

• Positive and nurturing school environment.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND.
• Ambitious and inclusive curriculum.
• Effective phonics curriculum for early reading.
• High levels of pupil attendance.
• Strong subject knowledge among staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Lack of assessment to check long-term knowledge retention.
• Insufficient oversight of behaviour patterns across the school.

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 Coopers Edge School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% 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, 2.5% of pupils at Coopers Edge 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 Coopers Edge School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% 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, 29.3% of pupils at Coopers Edge School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.4% 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 Coopers Edge School received £7,685 and spent £7,558 for each of its 403 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £331,000 (£820 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 Coopers Edge School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Coopers Edge School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Coopers Edge School last inspected by Ofsted?

Coopers Edge School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Coopers Edge School have?

Coopers Edge School has 403 pupils on roll.

What age range does Coopers Edge School cover?

Coopers Edge School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Coopers Edge School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Coopers Edge School?

Coopers Edge School is at Typhoon Way, Brockworth, Gloucestershire, GL3 4DY.