Coppice Performing Arts School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 13 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Unique reference
145114
Address
Ecclestone Road, WV11 2QE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1018 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.8%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.6%
Mixed 8.2%
Indian 6.2%
Other White 1%
Other Asian 1%
Caribbean 0.8%
African 0.8%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.8
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.36
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award99
Health StudiesTechnical Award61
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE89
Business Studies:SingleGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE89
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE172
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Coppice Performing Arts School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
214
2nd preference
125
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
221
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
157
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
69
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
98
88
Year 8
185
104
81
Year 9
181
97
84
Year 10
174
84
90
Year 11
182
95
87
Year 12
65
27
38
Year 13
45
22
23
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
87.6%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
39.0%
48.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
6.4%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
59.0%
67.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
14.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
9.0%
14.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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