Coppice Performing Arts School, Wolverhampton

In 2026, pupils at Coppice Performing Arts School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.2 in Wolverhampton and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Wolverhampton and 47% in England.

That is up from 43.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.62: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.4, against 52.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

For September 2026 entry, 234 families put Coppice Performing Arts School as their first choice and 486 named it as one of their preferences, for 175 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 75 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Coppice Performing Arts School are Pool Hayes Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.8); Wednesfield Academy (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 46.5); Willenhall E-ACT Academy (1.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.7); and Bloxwich Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32.9).

Coppice Performing Arts School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Coppice Performing Arts School is one of 16 schools run by Central Learning Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 181 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 55% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 5% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

41.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%), Mixed (10%) and Asian (9%).

Coppice Performing Arts School had 74 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Bloxwich North Rail Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broad Lane North (opposite), 300 metres away.

In 2024/25, Coppice Performing Arts School issued 37 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Coppice Performing Arts School are Oak Meadow Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy (0.3 miles), St Alban's Church of England Primary Academy (0.3 miles) and Pool Hayes Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.