Birchen Coppice Academy
Woodbury Road, Kidderminster, DY11 7JJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VICTORIA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sandra Pennington
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Victoria Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 181
- URN
- 144650
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01562823582
About this school
Birchen Coppice Academy is a primary academy in Kidderminster. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 181 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Birchen 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 | 27 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 22% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 38% | 56% | 46% |
| Expected standard in maths | 38% | 41% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 38% | 59% | 58% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 99.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Birchen 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 | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 29% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 22% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 183 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Birchen Coppice Academy compares
Birchen Coppice Academy ranked 122nd of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 8.6% | 73.3% | 181 | — |
| Foley Park Primary Academy | 42% | 6.7% | 31.1% | 219 | 0.7 miles |
| Sutton Park Primary School | 81% | 7.9% | 26.9% | 233 | 0.7 miles |
| St John's CofE Primary School | 53% | 6.4% | 34.5% | 224 | 1.2 miles |
| Bewdley Primary School | 69% | 5.1% | 19.7% | 431 | 1.4 miles |
| Burlish Park Primary School | 68% | 4.9% | 11.9% | 455 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 73.29%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.55%
- Persistent absence
- 30.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Foley Park Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
-
Sutton Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
-
St John's CofE Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Kidderminster
-
Bewdley Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Bewdley
-
Burlish Park Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Stourport-on-Severn
Other schools in Kidderminster
Birchen Coppice Academy ranks 23rd of the 23 ranked primary schools in Kidderminster.
- Blakedown CofE Primary School Primary
- Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School Primary
- Cleobury Mortimer Primary School Primary
- Comberton Primary School Primary
- Cookley Sebright Primary School Primary
- Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School Primary
- Farlow CofE Primary School Primary
- Foley Park Primary Academy Primary
- Franche Primary School Primary
- Hartlebury CofE Primary School Primary
- Heronswood Primary School Primary
- Offmore Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Birchen Coppice Academy teach?
- Birchen Coppice Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Kidderminster.
- Who is the headteacher of Birchen Coppice Academy?
- The headteacher of Birchen Coppice Academy is Mrs Sandra Pennington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Birchen Coppice Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Birchen 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 Birchen Coppice Academy?
- Birchen Coppice Academy has 181 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Birchen Coppice Academy full?
- Birchen Coppice Academy has capacity for 210 pupils and 181 on roll (86%), so it has space against 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 Birchen Coppice Academy a faith school?
- No. Birchen Coppice Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Birchen Coppice Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Birchen Coppice Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Birchen Coppice Academy part of an academy trust?
- Birchen Coppice Academy is part of VICTORIA ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Birchen Coppice Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 29% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Birchen Coppice Academy compare with other schools in Worcestershire?
- Birchen Coppice Academy ranked 122nd of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Birchen Coppice Academy's absence rate?
- Birchen Coppice Academy's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Birchen Coppice Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Birchen 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 2 July 2026.