Birchen Coppice Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Kidderminster (Worcestershire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Birchen Coppice Academy is a primary school located in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 183 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the VICTORIA ACADEMIES TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Sandra Pennington.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Cooking
- Cricket
- Music
- Tennis
- Forest School
- Trauma Informed Schools
Key facts
- URN
- 144650
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (6 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roland Roberts Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Interim Executive Board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Michelle Cole | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Jordan Chambers-Bligh | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Cathy Harris | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Matthew Carpenter | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sharon Gibson | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2022 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Michelle Cole Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Charlotte Jeynes Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record