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Coppice Academy

Special school in Newcastle, Staffordshire. No overall grade. Quality of education outstanding (Feb 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 4 February 2025, report published 6 March 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around February 2029

The last inspection was in February 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby special schools

  1. 0.5 milesBlackfriars Academy

    Special, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

    School remains Outstanding (Oct 2023)

  2. 1.6 milesMerryfields School

    Special, Newcastle, Staffordshire

    Standards maintained (May 2025)

  3. 3.3 milesKemball School

    Special, Stoke-on-Trent

    School remains Good (Dec 2023)

  4. 4.4 milesManor Abbey School

    Special, Stoke-on-Trent

    Not inspected yet

  5. 5.0 milesWatermill School

    Special, Stoke-on-Trent

    School remains Good (Nov 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.