At The Hawthorns Primary School, we warmly welcome everyone into our community.
Our staff, pupils, and parents work together to create a happy and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We are committed to helping both children and adults reach their full potential and grow into confident, capable individuals.
This page will show you how we work and the provision we offer. There are also links to Wokingham's Local Offer and useful resources for parents to access.
Our SEND information report explains our approach to supporting children with SEND. See below to access the report.
Our SENCO is Mr Brendan O'Shea who can be contacted via the school office or by email: senco@hawthorns.wokingham.sch.uk
"Staff are aspirational for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Subject leaders make sure that these pupils can access the whole curriculum."
Ofsted 2022
How we identify and assess pupils’ needs:
At Hawthorns Primary School we know if our pupils need extra support through:
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Baseline assessments
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Careful tracking of data
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Observations of pupils
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Feedback from teaching staff
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Pre school visits
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Liaison with Parents/Carers
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Information from previous educational provision
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Phonics assessments
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Reading, writing, spelling and maths tests (termly)
Please see our Table of Provision below:-
Area of Provision
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Universal Provision (Quality First Teaching)
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Targeted Provision
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Complex Offer
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English
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- High quality teaching including scaffolded activities
- Read Write Inc phonic lessons for early reading
- Master Reader programme from Year 2 to Year 6 taught daily.
- Daily reading sessions (class novel)
- School library with extensive selection of books
- Examples of English Working Walls – new target vocabulary in the corridors and all classrooms
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- As Universal plus:
- RWI Fast Track 1:1 Phonics intervention for EYFS to Year 4 for 5 sessions per week
- RWI Fresh Start 1:1 intervention for Years 5 and 6 for 4 sessions per week.
- PiXL therapies
- Regular liaison with parents
- Regular reading; comprehension cards (inference skills)
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- As Universal & targeted plus:
- Individualised phonic interventions using Read Write Inc resources.
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Maths
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- High quality teaching using the Mastery approach, including scaffolded activities
- Manipulatives: Numicon, dienes, number lines
- NCETM Maths
- NCETM Mastering Number
- Daily Same Day Interventions small group overlearning
- Keep up Catch up
- Maths Working Walls in the classrooms
- Access to computer programmes: TimeTables Rock Stars (TTRS)
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- PiXL therapies
- Plus One
- Power of 2
- Personalised times tables intervention for identified children
- Regular liaison with parents
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- As Universal & targeted plus:
- Individualised maths interventions
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Social Skills
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- Modelling of high quality interaction with peers in social settings
- Mentoring in small group
- School council
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- Socially speaking
- Time to talk
- Self esteem work
- Positives books
- Lunch Club for identified pupils
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- As Universal & targeted plus:
- Additional Social skills groups
- Additional self esteem work in
- 1:1 support in social situations
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Medical Needs
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- Access to trained first aiders including Paediatric First Aid
- Administration of regular medication
- Liaison with paediatrician, CAMHs etc as appropriate.
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- Specific training and information from school nurse/paediatrician/specialist for particular medical needs.
- School nursing team liaise, may visit according to need
- Medical Health Care plan and risk assessments for significant conditions
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- As Universal & targeted plus:
- Support with understanding and coping with toileting and periods etc.
- Support with access to cleaning/changing etc
- OT delivered as required
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Speech, Language Sensory & Communi-cation
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- Modelling of high quality and appropriate language by all staff
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- Socially speaking
- Time to talk
- Memory Games
- Specialist seating arrangements/ sloping desk
- SALT referral
- Pencil grips/specialist pens
- Visual timetable
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- As Universal & targeted plus:
- SALT as required 1:1
- Sensory toys
- Use of timer
- Specialised seating
- Close liaison with parents
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Behaviour Emotional & Social
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- Modelling of appropriate behaviours by staff
- Mentoring in small group
- Therapeutic Plan
- Playground buddies
- School nurse referral
- MHST Hub referral
- Close liaison with parents
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- Bubble Time -adult to provide "chat time" on a daily basis to alleviate worries start of day/before going home.
- Socially speaking
- Time to talk
- Talking partners
- MHST Y5 Resilience group Spring term
- MHST Y6 resilience/transition sessions Summer term
- Lunch Club daily (identified and “invited” pupils)
- Referral to external: Foundry College behaviour support team
- Visual timetables
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- As Universal & targeted plus:
- Close supervision during social times (1:1 for certain high needs pupils)
- Support with secondary transition and visits.(eg TA would visit with child with EHCP if required)
- Home school communication book
- Close liaison with parents
- Movement breaks
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Ordinarily Available Provision (OAP) guidance outlines the inclusive provision and support that schools in Wokingham Borough are expected to implement from within their own resources for all learners including those with a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND). Please refer to the OAP guidance document below for further details.
Some children may require an SEND Support Plan which is reviewed termly between the school and parents.
A small number of children may require an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), which outlines the support a child would receive in school.
An EHCP brings together Health, Education and Social care in one document with statutory accountability. The design of the plan ensures that all of a pupil's needs are identified and provision put in one place.
