As part of the Trust we share the belief that every child deserves an excellent education. Our family of schools collaborate, support and innovate to give every child the best start in life. We're proudly committed to improving the standards of education in the East of England. We care about every child that comes through our school gates, our staff, families and wider community We share our knowledge, ideas and expertise locally and nationally. Our teachers and leaders can benefit from our CPD programme and inspire the next generation of teachers through Inspiration Teacher Training. We dare to do more for our children. We believe in a knowledge-rich curriculum combined with cultural opportunities, sports, music and enrichment. We're proud to support schools in some of the region's most disadvantaged areas –we believe every child can succeed.
East Point Academy is part of the Inspiration Trust, whose mission is to transform the lives of young people in Norfolk and Suffolk through education.
The Inspiration Trust supports a family of 14 academies; trains more than 40 teachers a year and offers continuing professional development (CPD) courses to teachers across the region. In addition they spearhead the Inspiration Teaching School and Angles Maths Hub
Judged by Ofsted as ‘good with outstanding leadership’, East Point Academy is the school of choice for those living in Lowestoft and its surrounding areas. We are relentless in our pursuit of excellence for the young people of Lowestoft and look forward to you joining us on our continuing journey Please come and visit to see first hand how we are leading the way in education and setting a bright future for our children and our town Lucy
I am delighted to welcome you to East Point Academy. Here at East Point, we are one big family. Our staff and students are proud members of one of our four houses named after the Lowestoft Scores: Wilde, Mariners, Ravine and Crown. The scores form a link between the town built on the cliff, and the village, which had developed as a result of the fishing industry. In the same way we form the link between our student’s early childhood and their future adulthood, working together with our local community to ensure the very best GCSE results for our young people.
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Welcome to East Point Academy
Our students make more progress in their education than in any other Lowestoft secondary school!
East Point students and staff embody our core values in all we do. We aspire for our students to have the very best academic start to adulthood, to have dreams and the tools to realise them. We teach them to be independent thinkers, providing them with the knowledge and the skills to be the change they want to see in the world. We ensure all pupils have an understanding of themselves and others through emotional awareness, well developed social skills and a knowledge of culture so they can be truly respectful all while helping them gain resilience to withstand the challenges they will face along the way to realising their full potential. We go the extra mile to achieve this. We ensure our curriculum develops students’ moral compass through an intellectual programme of subjects from year 7 to year 11. We recognise that to get the most from this our students need a strong literacy foundation and we ensure they are supported to achieve this. It is important to us that students enjoy their time at school and recognise areas of interest that lie beyond the academic. This is why we have an enrichment programme that aims to broaden the learning experiences of all our students which is just one of the reasons we are passionate about great sports, arts, and of course, great teaching.
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Respect Pupils learn what it means to be a respectful citizen, understanding what respect means for themselves, their environment and for each other in a communitycaring
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We expand horizons, with pupils encouraged to try new experiences, broaden their knowledge and aim high in whatever they do.
Resilience We help pupils to understand that learning is a journey with many ups and downs along the way. They are taught to learn from their mistakes and embrace challenge Our Academy motto 'Hard work conquers all' encapsulates this East Point Academy Prospectus
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Our values Our core values guide us in everything we do at East Point Academy and help us ensure we prepare pupils to be successful in their community, both while at school and throughout their life beyond.
Independence Pupils are guided to think and act for themselves, developing a moral compass that helps them to understand what their decisions mean.
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We aim for the very best in our classrooms and this starts with our Curriculum. We believe in the power of knowledge and offer a knowledge rich curriculum approach for all our pupils ensuring they have access to a broad, high quality Witheducation.subject-specific
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Alongside an academic, knowledge rich curriculum, we also aim to offer a wide variety of high quality enrichment opportunities, placing a high value on the arts, sports and cultural pursuits.
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knowledge at its heart, our curriculum is both inclusive and ambitious. Our teachers also draw on the latest evidence and research about what works in the classroom so our pupils can reach their full potential and achieve excellent outcomes. Where pupils have special educational needs, we also adapt our curriculum and teaching approaches to ensure all pupils can achieve and access the curriculum successfully The impact of this approach has been that pupils from East Point Academy regularly make well above the national average for progress over their time at the Academy.
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We believe it is our job to prepare our pupils for everything that life may throw at them and sports and the arts play a crucial part in Wthat.ehave outstanding sports facilities that include two astroturf pitches, a multi-disciplinary sports hall, a weights and conditioning gym and a dance studio. Our pupils regularly put on dramatic and musical performances, including an annual Summer Spectacular We host the North Suffolk hub for the Suffolk County Music Service Pupils have the chance to try a rich range of experiences through the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and we take part in exchanges with schools in France, Germany and Portugal, as part of the European Union’s Comenius scheme. We encourage pupils to take an active part in their local community, through regular fundraising events and work with charities and community groups in Lowestoft.
Educating the whole child
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At East Point Academy, we are committed to keeping staff, pupils and visitors safe and happy. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead ensures that effective support is provided to pupils that need it and our strong pastoral system ensures that all pupils are well known and their needs understood.
“Seeing the years above doing well in their exams helps me believe I can do that as well and encourages me to keep studying.” Year 10 Pupil “East Point Academy has helped me become the person I am now. My confidence has become greater and I am now able to do things I could not do before. This is because the teachers encourage pupils to learn, whilst allowing them a friendly, safe environment to work in. The teachers really connect with the students, which gives us the best education you can get!” Year 11 Pupil “The improvement in behaviour is the most significant change at East Point Academy.” Year 11 Pupil In our pupils’ own words East Point Academy Prospectus | 11 Safeguarding
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