Sunrise Academy
Sunrise Academy in Lowestoft specialises in supporting children aged 10 to 16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, who have difficulties in managing their behaviour and emotions. Most of our students are within an average cognitive range, with some having lower than average cognition.
Many of our students have had previous negative experiences of school, and some have not been in education for some time. So, we take a personalised, nurturing approach; educating the whole child with the ultimate goal of helping them to reach their full potential when they leave us.
Our intimate learning environment – we offer places for 56 students – reflects our tailored approach of ensuring that each child’s educational and emotional needs are met. Importantly, our approach is underpinned by the students building strong, dependable relationships with the adults at Sunrise.
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School Name – Sunrise
Number of places and age range
Sunrise has 56 places ages 10-16The primary need that the school / provision caters for
☐ Communication and interaction -no
Cognition and Learning
☐ MLD – No
☐ SLD – No
☐ PMLD – no
☐ Sensory and Physical – no
☐ Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) – YES
Do students need to have “average” cognition?
At Sunrise we would expect that some young people are within average cognitive range and some are have lower than average cognition as part of their needs.Average class size and staffing model
At Keystages two we aim to have class sizes of 6. There is a teacher and a member of support staff.At keystages three and four the maximum class size is 6. There is a teacher and a member of support staff.
Brief description of the curriculum offer.
At Sunrise we are mainly delivering the Yellow curriculum pathway, we offer support on the Red and Green pathways and extend students on the white pathway. For more information on the pathways please see here.At Key stage one and two most of the lessons are class based.
At Key stage three, four most students will move between teachers for different subjects. Students on the green pathway will have more lessons with their class teacher.
Specialist spaces at the school / provision
☐ Swimming pool – no unfortunately we do not have a swimming pool on site. we do access the local leisure pool
☐ Sensory room (s), Yes
☐ other please give details.
The average number of places available each year
At Sunrise we usually expect to have about 10 places mainly from students leaving at year 11.How can a school tour be booked.
For SEND schools the dates of tours and booking information is on this page.Other Information and links
Sunrise SEND Information Report – Please click here
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What we strive for
We encourage our students to have high expectations for their own behaviour, through teamwork and providing them with a safe, secure and supportive environment.
We recognise the importance of ensuring our students make the academic progress which they are capable of. Our aspirational approach aims to support our students to achieve their GCSEs. Our broad curriculum raises the life chances of our students, ensuring that every opportunity will be available to them.
We aim for students to develop as individuals, with the chance to gain vocational skills, alongside their core subjects, developing an understanding of the relevance of learning to the real-world and career opportunities.