Student support
Our specialist staff will support you throughout your time at College, so that you can develop the skills and qualifications you need to move onto the next stage of your life.
Learning support
COPC welcome applications from students who require additional support.
Our specialist staff will support you throughout your time at College, so that you can develop the skills and qualifications you need to move onto the next stage of your life.
We have a dedicated, highly qualified, and experienced support team comprising of: Learning Support Assistants, SEND Team Leaders, Pastoral Care Support Workers, Medical Support Worker, Enhanced Learning Support Assistants, SEND Transitional Coach and an Exam Concession Assessor.
Our staff work collaboratively with cross-College teams in efficiently assessing a student’s needs as well as organising and implementing a wide range of support programmes, each tailored to their individual requirements. The College also offers a screening process for those who have not previously been diagnosed for dyslexia or Neurodiversity.
We offer support in the following areas:
- speech & language
- emotional literacy support assistance (ELSA)
- dyslexia
- dyscalculia
- autism spectrum
- neurodiversity
- deaf/ hard of hearing
- support for students with mental health and anxiety
We also offer support in:
- independent living skills
- travel training
- healthy living.
- students with behaviour that challenges
- ADHD
- lego therapy
- growth mindset
- ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- growth mindset.
Support available to our students
Our campus facilities
Our four College campuses provide specialist facilities designed to enhance students learning experiences and enable them to succeed.
We aim to create a secure and welcoming environment for all members of our community.
Sixth Form Campus
- a dedicated Life Skills building
- Sunflower Lodge - a house and garden to enable our SEND students to enhance their independent living skills.
Highbury Campus
- a sensory room
- dedicated kitchen
- dedicated common room.
North Harbour Campus
- sensory room.
Arundel Campus
- a smaller dedicated campus for our SEMH students and for students with challenging behaviour
- sensory room.
Parent Support for SEND Students
The College can offer support for those parents trying to get an EHCP for their child.
- we regularly hold coffee mornings for parents of our SEND students
- parents will be assigned a member of staff who will be their first point of contact
- parents will receive regular progress reviews.
Assistive Technology
Our broad range of assistive technology includes adapting computers to include alternative keyboards, mice, monitors, and height adjustable desks. Using equipment such as dictaphones, flip cameras, and touchpad technology are also regular additions to the learning process.
Software like Read&Write Gold, ZoomText Magnifier and Reader and other mobile apps improve access to web, computer, and smart technology- based resources, broadening access to information and helping address barriers to literacy.
Specialist training in assistive technology helps users understand each item’s purpose and function. It also provides guidance in context with their learning aims. This helps the user be creative in their learning, reducing barriers to literacy and promoting study inclusion.
In addition, we also adapt classroom resources by using larger fonts and coloured paper.
Learning Support for Adults and Apprentices
Adult students and apprentices who require additional learning support will be invited along for an identification of support needs interview, to enable us to put in place the required level of support needed.
Additional support can be offered for all our adult students including students studying an online course of study.
