Birchen Coppice Academy, Kidderminster

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils at Birchen Coppice Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 65% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Worcestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 56% in reading and 41% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Birchen Coppice Academy as their first choice and 14 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Birchen Coppice Academy are Foley Park Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 50% reading, 50% maths); Sutton Park Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 87% maths); St John's CofE Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 64% reading, 77% maths); and Bewdley Primary School (1.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 85% maths).

Birchen Coppice Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Birchen Coppice Academy is one of 11 schools run by Victoria Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

61.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 2.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 63 pupils (34.8%) received SEN support and 10 (5.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Birchen Coppice Academy had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Kidderminster Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Corndon Close (opposite), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Birchen Coppice Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Birchen Coppice Academy issued 22 suspensions, 12 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Birchen Coppice Academy are Baxter College (1.2 miles), The Bewdley School (1.5 miles), The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College (1.5 miles) and King Charles I School (1.8 miles).