We are investigating a criminal damage incident at Birchen Coppice School, Woodbury Road Kidderminster and are appealing to local residents for information.  The school main gates were damaged at approximately 19:00 hours on Thursday 17th April 2025 when force was used to push them open. 

At this time, a large group of youths were loitering around the front of the school with some trespassing on the school grounds. The group are described as follows;

 - White male with medium brown hair and wearing a light blue, short sleeved t-shirt with grey tracksuit bottoms and a bag over his shoulder

- White female with long blonde, straight hair and wearing a white, long sleeved top and black leggings with white trainers.

- Female with long red, straight hair and wearing a long sleeved black top with white stripes down each arm, black leggings and black, fluffy sliders

- Individual wearing either light blue or grey shorts, a black hooded top, with the hood up sunglasses and black face covering, black ankle socks and slider shoes

- Male wearing black/grey or navy light jacket with a black hood, grey jogging bottoms and black trainers. He was also wearing a black face covering and was wearing a grey hooded top underneath the jacket with the hood up

- White male with dark hair and wearing a light blue hooded tracksuit top and light blue tracksuit bottoms

- Female with dark hair and wearing a black puffer jacket with a white logo on the back of the right shoulder

- A short, white male with blond hair and wearing a camouflage jacket

- Two white males with short dark hair and wearing black tracksuits

If you have information about the damage, or any information or footage of any of the above individuals around the offence time, please let us know using the online ‘Tell Us About’ form on our website www.westmercia.police.uk, quoting incident reference 22/38256/25

If you aren’t comfortable contacting us directly, you can pass on information anonymously to the independent charity, Crimestoppers, by calling 0800 555 111 or by visiting their website: www.crimestoppers-uk.org

For more information please contact me on 07773044005 or via Rachael.perry@westmercia.police.uk.

Thank you for your help. It is only by the police and the public working together that we can prevent and detect crime. 

Kind regards,

PC 21160 PERRY