Coppice Academy
Abbots Way, Westlands, Newcastle, ST5 2EY
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Diane Ahearn
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Shaw Education Trust
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 106
- URN
- 141449
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01782973500
About this school
Coppice Academy is a special academy in Newcastle. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 106 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Coppice Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 | 19 | 24 |
| Attainment 8 score | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.70 -2.47 to -0.94 | -1.38 -2.12 to -0.64 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Coppice Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2.2 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 2.5 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.4 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | 112 |
| 2024/25 | 110 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.09%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.13%
- Persistent absence
- 24.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blackfriars Academy0.5 miles
Academies · Newcastle-under-Lyme
-
Edenhurst Preparatory School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Newcastle-under-Lyme
-
Newcastle-under-Lyme School0.7 miles
Independent schools · Newcastle-under-Lyme
-
Demetae Academy0.9 miles
Independent schools
-
Lyme Brook Independent School0.9 miles
Special schools · Newcastle Under-Lyme
Other schools in Newcastle
- Merryfields School Academies
- Oaklands Nursery School Nursery
- Bursley Academy Primary
- Churchfields Primary School Primary
- Co-op Academy Friarswood Primary
- Crackley Bank Primary School Primary
- Ellison Primary Academy Primary
- Hassell Primary School Primary
- Hempstalls Primary School Primary
- Langdale Primary School Primary
- May Bank Infants' School Primary
- Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Coppice Academy teach?
- Coppice Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Newcastle.
- Who is the principal of Coppice Academy?
- The principal of Coppice Academy is Mrs Diane Ahearn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Coppice Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coppice Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Coppice Academy?
- Coppice Academy has 106 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Coppice Academy full?
- Coppice Academy has capacity for 90 pupils and 106 on roll (118%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Coppice Academy a faith school?
- No. Coppice Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Coppice Academy part of an academy trust?
- Coppice Academy is part of THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Coppice Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 2.2 in 2022/23 and 2.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Coppice Academy's absence rate?
- Coppice Academy's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coppice Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coppice Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.