Coppice Performing Arts School

Coppice Performing Arts School is performing well overall, with notable strengths in leadership and student behavior. The school's culture is welcoming, and pupils report feeling safe and happy, with high levels of engagement in both academic and extracurricular activities. Senior leaders have implemented changes that have strengthened the curriculum and improved sixth form provision. Though the school has made significant progress, it does face challenges, particularly in the delivery of its science curriculum and the teaching of phonics for early readers, which require further development to ensure consistency and support for all pupils.

Strengths

• Outstanding leadership and management
• Exceptional behavior and positive attitudes among pupils
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum
• Extensive extracurricular opportunities
• Effective safeguarding measures
• High-quality teaching and subject knowledge

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the delivery of the science curriculum
• Early-stage phonics teaching may not fully support all early readers

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 Coppice Performing Arts School attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 2.7% of pupils at Coppice Performing Arts School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Coppice Performing Arts School had 14.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 21.5% of pupils at Coppice Performing Arts School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Coppice Performing Arts School received £7,527 and spent £8,053 for each of its 1,002 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,868,000 (£1,864 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Central Learning Partnership Trust, income was £11,097 and spending £11,085 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Wolverhampton · Wolverhampton local authority: places and applications

Coppice Performing Arts School is part of Central Learning Partnership Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• D'Eyncourt Primary School Wolverhampton
• Westcroft School Wolverhampton
• Heath Park Wolverhampton
• Moseley Park Bilston
• Woden Primary School Wolverhampton
• Broadmeadow Special School Wolverhampton
• Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre Wolverhampton
• Pitcheroak School Redditch
• Kingfisher School Redditch
• Riversides School Worcester

What is Coppice Performing Arts School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Coppice Performing Arts School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Coppice Performing Arts School last inspected by Ofsted?

Coppice Performing Arts School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Coppice Performing Arts School have?

Coppice Performing Arts School has 989 pupils on roll.

What age range does Coppice Performing Arts School cover?

Coppice Performing Arts School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Coppice Performing Arts School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.7, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Coppice Performing Arts School?

Coppice Performing Arts School is at Ecclestone Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2QE.