Coppice Performing Arts School
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| Coppice School, (formerly Coppice Performing Arts School) | |
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Ecclestone Road, Wednesfield , , WV11 2QE England 52°36′41″N 2°03′15″W / 52.61150°N 2.05407°W | |
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| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Foundations for Excellence |
Local authority | Wolverhampton City Council |
| Trust | Central Learning Partnership Trust[1] |
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| Ofsted | Reports |
Head of school | Georgetta Holloway[2] & Claire Gilbert |
| Gender | Mixed[2] |
| Age range | 11–18[2] |
| Enrolment | 998 As of 2023[update][2] |
| Capacity | 1009[2] |
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| Website | www |
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.[citation needed] Coppice is involved in the Sport in the Community programme, with a co-ordinator in school two days a week.[citation needed]
The school's sixth form works with Heath Park School & Moseley Park School, a number of subjects being shared across the three schools.[citation needed]
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]
Musical theatre
[edit]Coppice students have performed amateur musical theatre productions at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton on several occasions including Les Misérables in 2006,[6] We Will Rock You in 2008,[7] Fame in 2009 [8] and Our House in 2012.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Walters, Nicola (2022). "Inspection of Coppice Performing Arts School". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Coppice Performing Arts School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Coppice Performing Arts School told to improve in all areas". Express and Star. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 "Coppice Performing Arts School - Secondary". Compare school and college performance in England. Gov.UK. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ "Les Miserables Schools Edition - Coppice Performing Arts School". grandmemories.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ↑ "SCHOOLS WILL ROCK YOU". grandmemories.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ↑ "FAME". grandmemories.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ↑ "Our House". grandmemories.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
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