Coppice Performing Arts School

Coordinates: 52°36′41″N 2°03′15″W / 52.61150°N 2.05407°W / 52.61150; -2.05407
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Coppice Performing Arts School
Address
Map
Ecclestone Road, Wednesfield

, ,
WV11 2QE

England
Coordinates52°36′41″N 2°03′15″W / 52.61150°N 2.05407°W / 52.61150; -2.05407
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoDream, Believe, Achieve
Local authorityWolverhampton City Council
TrustCentral Learning Partnership Trust[1]
Department for Education URN145114 Tables
OfstedReports
Head of schoolGeorgetta Holloway[2]
GenderMixed[2]
Age range11–18[2]
Enrolment998 As of 2023[2]
Capacity1009[2]
Houses
  • Wightwick
  • Chillington
  • Moseley
  • Bantock
Websitewww.coppiceschool.net

Coppice Performing Arts School is an 11–18 mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

The school has a resource base for students with moderate learning difficulties. It has playing fields, a theatre and dance studio. The school also offers extended school programmes within the local community.[clarification needed]

History[edit]

Coppice was designated as a Performing Arts school in September 2003.[citation needed] It became an academy in 2018, as part of a multi-academy trust, Central Learning Partnership Trust.[1]

The school has the Artsmark Gold award and Investors in People standard. Coppice is involved in the Sport in the Community programme, with a co-ordinator in school two days a week.

The school's sixth form works with Wednesfield Academy, a number of subjects being shared across the two schools.

Academic performance and inspections[edit]

In 2014, the school was inspected by Ofsted and judged to Require Improvement.[3] In 2016, it was again judged to Require Improvement.[4] In 2022, it was judged Good.[1]

At GCSE, the school's Progress 8 benchmark in 2023 was average.[5] 5% of children at the school that year were entered for the English Baccalaureate, compared to 26% in state schools in Wolverhampton as a whole and 39% nationally.[5] 39% of children at the school that year achieved grade 5 or higher in English and mathematics GCSEs, the same figure as in Wolverhampton as a whole, and compared to 45% nationally.[5] The school's Attainment 8 score that year was 48, compared to 46 in both Wolverhampton as a whole and nationally.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Walters, Nicola (2022). "Inspection of Coppice Performing Arts School". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Coppice Performing Arts School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ Peal, Robert (2014). "Playing the Game: The enduring influence of the preferred Ofsted teaching style" (PDF). Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society. Retrieved 27 December 2023. Coppice Performing Arts School in Wolverhampton was graded 'requires improvement' after an inspection on 22 January 2014
  4. ^ "Coppice Performing Arts School told to improve in all areas". Express and Star. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d "Coppice Performing Arts School - Secondary". Compare school and college performance in England. Gov.UK. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

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