Coupals Primary Academy

Coupals Primary Academy continues to demonstrate good performance as a school with proactive leadership and a supportive atmosphere for its pupils. The recent inspection highlighted the positive environment where pupils are eager to learn, and their personal development is actively encouraged. Teachers employ a well-structured curriculum that facilitates revisiting previous learning, assisting pupils in retaining knowledge, which is especially beneficial for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, some areas of the curriculum still require additional definition, and improvements in behavior management practices are still being established.

Strengths

• Pupils are polite, welcoming, and enjoy their learning.
• Classrooms are lively and interesting, creating a positive learning environment.
• Support for SEND pupils is well-implemented, ensuring access to the curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on reading from the early years, enhancing literacy skills.
• Pupils engage with a variety of high-quality texts that deepen learning.
• Effective safeguarding practices are in place, ensuring pupil safety.
• Strong community spirit with opportunities for pupil involvement in responsibilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subject leaders are new, impacting the development of the curriculum.
• The revised behavior policy is not fully embedded, leading to inconsistent expectations.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Coupals Primary Academy attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.1% of pupils at Coupals Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Coupals Primary Academy had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.0% of pupils at Coupals Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Coupals Primary Academy received £7,226 and spent £7,269 for each of its 287 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £88,000 (£305 per pupil).

Across all 39 schools of Unity Schools Partnership, income was £8,494 and spending £8,500 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Haverhill · Suffolk local authority: places and applications

Coupals Primary Academy is part of Unity Schools Partnership, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Churchill Special Free School Haverhill
• Westfield Primary Academy Haverhill
• Samuel Ward Academy Haverhill
• Place Farm Primary Academy Haverhill
• Castle Manor Academy Haverhill
• Clements Primary Academy Haverhill
• Burton End Primary Academy Haverhill
• Kedington Primary Academy Haverhill
• Steeple Bumpstead Primary School Haverhill
• Wickhambrook Primary Academy Newmarket

What is Coupals Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Coupals Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Coupals Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Coupals Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Coupals Primary Academy have?

Coupals Primary Academy has 290 pupils on roll.

What age range does Coupals Primary Academy cover?

Coupals Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Coupals Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Coupals Primary Academy?

Coupals Primary Academy is at Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LB.