To help keep all pupils safe, please ensure the school has up-to-date information about any allergies your child may have. Accurate allergy information enables us to put appropriate support plans in place, train staff effectively, and respond quickly in an emergency. We all have a part to play in creating a safe environment, including following our nut-aware policy and being mindful of the food brought into school. If your child has an allergy, please contact the school or update their details via Arbor. Be Allergy Aware and Save A Life - see more here. 

SEND

Paignton Academy is committed to offering an inclusive curriculum to ensure the best possible progress for all of our students, whatever their needs or abilities. We aim to inspire our students to learn and achieve in education and promote quality-first teaching within all classrooms in order to enable all students to have access to an excellent education.

In conjunction with the aims of the SEND Code of Practice 2015, we believe that every teacher at the Academy is a teacher of SEND, we promote a “whole school approach” to the management and provision of support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

We actively encourage parents to discuss SEND provisions with the Learning Support team prior to students joining the Academy.

Click here to meet the team

Please click here for our SEND Information Report

The Academy has worked closely with Torbay Local Authority in the construction of the “Local Offer” provided by Torbay.  The Local Offer documents all Special Educational providers and provisions available in the Torbay area and beyond as a means of informing parents and young people of the choices available to meet their individual needs.  Paignton Academy has posted its contribution to the Local Offer on the Torbay Local Offer website fis.torbay.gov.uk.

Academy SEND contacts:

SENCO/Head of Learning Support – Simon Dossett