Birchen Coppice Academy

Wyre Forest · DY11 7JJ

General information Primary School · 2-11 years Who goes here 181 pupils, 71.7% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Birchen Coppice Academy

General Information

Address: Woodbury Road, Kidderminster, DY11 7JJ – View on map
Phone: 01562823582
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Sandra Pennington
Age range: 2-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 14 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

181 pupils out of 210 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 109
% eligible for free school meals: 71.7%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Wyre Forest average)
English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 27.2% a year (Wyre Forest 14.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Worcestershire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Worcestershire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 8.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 30.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 34.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 22 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 31% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 29 percentage points below the Wyre Forest average (60%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 27% against an expected 50%)
3-year average (expected standard): 27%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 46% · Writing 38% · Maths 65% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
Average test scores: reading 98, maths 100
Based on: 26 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolWyre Forest averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 29 percentage points below the Wyre Forest average (60%).

Year 6 SATs: 28th of 28 junior and primary schools in the area

#26St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School39%
#27Stourport Primary Academy33%
#28Birchen Coppice Academy31%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Sutton Park Primary School81%
#2St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School76%
#3St Oswald's CofE Primary School75%
=4Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School74%
=4Lickhill Primary School74%
#6Wilden All Saints CofE Primary School73%
#7Upper Arley CofE Primary School70%
#8Bewdley Primary School69%
=9Burlish Park Primary School68%
=9St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School68%
#11Comberton Primary School66%
#12Cookley Sebright Primary School65%
#13Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy63%
=14Franche Primary School62%
=14Offmore Primary School62%
#16St Ambrose Catholic Primary61%
#17Blakedown CofE Primary School58%
#18St Bartholomew's CofE VC Primary School57%
#19Heronswood Primary School54%
#20St John's CofE Primary School53%
#21Holy Trinity School52%
#22St Anne's CofE VC Primary School50%
#23Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School45%
=24Foley Park Primary Academy42%
=24St George's CofE School42%
#26St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School39%
#27Stourport Primary Academy33%
#28Birchen Coppice Academy31%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £10,949 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

1st of 27 primary schools in Wyre Forest for spending per pupil

#1Birchen Coppice Academy£10,949
#2St Oswald's CofE Primary School£10,903
#3St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School£9,093

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Birchen Coppice Academy£10,949
#2St Oswald's CofE Primary School£10,903
#3St Mary's CofE (VA) Primary School£9,093
#4Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School£8,224
#5Upper Arley CofE Primary School£7,773
#6Lickhill Primary School£7,397
#7Franche Primary School£7,282
#8Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School£7,230
#9Sutton Park Primary School£7,161
#10St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School£7,159
#11St George's CofE School£7,135
#12Foley Park Primary Academy£7,009
#13St Bartholomew's CofE VC Primary School£6,988
#14Blakedown CofE Primary School£6,960
#15Comberton Primary School£6,932
#16St Ambrose Catholic Primary£6,812
#17Cookley Sebright Primary School£6,731
#18St Anne's CofE VC Primary School£6,633
#19Bewdley Primary School£6,603
#20Offmore Primary School£6,566
#21St John's CofE Primary School£6,504
#22Stourport Primary Academy£6,329
#23Wilden All Saints CofE Primary School£6,046
#24St Catherine's CofE (VC) Primary School£5,761
#25Burlish Park Primary School£5,642
#26Wolverley Sebright Primary Academy£5,456
#27Heronswood Primary School£5,436

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