Alder Coppice Primary SchoolSt Chad's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Dudley.

Summary of the comparison

Alder Coppice Primary School and St Chad's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Dudley.

  • Alder Coppice Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Chad's Catholic Primary School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Chad's Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Alder Coppice Primary School was judged Good and St Chad's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 66.0% for Alder Coppice Primary School and 86.0% for St Chad's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Alder Coppice Primary School (60.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Chad's Catholic Primary School (83.0% in 2022-23, 86.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Alder Coppice Primary School versus St Chad's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DudleyAlder Coppice Primary SchoolDudleySt Chad's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100B76/100Stronger figure
Local ranking17th of 77 in Dudley 3rd of 77 in Dudley Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll386 247
Capacity435 210
LocationDudley, DY3 3PS Dudley, DY3 3UE
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard66.0% 86.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard10.0% 10.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census386 247
Free school meals (ever 6)16.2% 21.0%
English as an additional language2.8% 16.6%
SEN support10.4% 12.6%
SEN with an EHC plan1.8% 3.2%
Attendance
Overall absence5.7% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence14.8% 12.8% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Alder Coppice Primary School

St Chad's Catholic Primary School

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