At Coupals Primary Academy, we value all children equally and provide access to a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum for all of our pupils.
At Coupals our goal is to help children overcome barriers in their learning to fulfil their potential. We have experience of working with a range of special needs and disabilities as well as a range of external agencies. Our staff are trained in supporting pupils with a range of SEND and our team are continuing to adopt new and innovative approaches to supporting pupils with a range of needs.
Our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator is Lucy Kidd, she oversees the support in place for SEND across the school and works proactively with parents to identify the support children will need when they join us at Coupals. Our SENDCo can be contacted by telephone at school on 01440 763933 or by email: senco@coupalsacademy.co.uk.
You can read our SEND Information Report from the attachments section or follow the links at the bottom of this page to access our Trust SEND Policy and the Suffolk Local Offer,
We ensure that all needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs are met to the best of the Academy’s ability within the funds available. We deliver programmes designed to meet the pupil’s needs with trained learning support assistants. Different pupils will require different levels of support in order to bridge the gap to achieve age expected levels. Each pupils needs may vary every year and a pupil may be moved off the SEND register when they have made sufficient progress to be in line with the achievement of their peers/or their disability/health requirements are within those of universal needs.
Our Core Values of Determination, Readiness, Integrity, Versatility and Empathy underpin all of our policies and practices; the children’s overall well-being is of paramount importance. As staff, we aim to fully support pupils with social and emotional barriers to learning and ensure support and provision for vulnerable pupils. This includes supporting families in providing a safe and stimulating environment within which their children can thrive.
