Working Together for Education | Wath Central Primary

Working Together

As a school, we recognise our responsibility to collaborate with others in order to proactively respond to the challenges we face—whether as an individual school, within our Academy Trust, in partnership with our Local Authority, or at a national level.

Our School Leaders are deeply committed to working in collaboration and have actively embraced a wide range of opportunities to share expertise, develop practice, and strengthen outcomes for all.

Because... Together, we can!

We have collaborated with the Whole School SEND Consortium regarding our work on responding to growing SEND needs in mainstream settings and our journey towards establishing different curriculum pathways. We have attended meetings, hosted events in school and been interviewed as part of a national podcast program.

To listen to the podcast - Responding to increasing complexity in mainstream schools - click the button below.

Meeting MP's

Our Headteacher, Jude Gray, attended a meeting with our local MP John Heeley and minister Nick Gibbs in London, with Cheryl Gaughan (JMAT SEND Strategic Lead) and Liam Ransome (Headteacher at Wath Academy), to discuss the challenges schools are facing at the moment in terms of budgeting cuts, responding to the increasing complexities of SEND needs and the increasing level of mental health needs within mainstream schools.

Jude Gray, Headteacher, attending the Department of Education with John Heeley MP.

WithMeInMind

As a school, we are committed to supporting the mental health of our students, staff and community. We were one of the first primary schools in the area to sign up to be a WithMeInMind school and worked with WithMeInMind for almost 5 years now. We work closely with them on running groups in school, whole class sessions linked to mental health and parent and carer information sessions. Due to our ongoing relationship, our SENDCO - Mrs Shaw, has been asked to present at a number of WithMeInMind events to discuss the partnership work we have completed.

PINS Project

Wath Central have recently completed our work on the first part of the PINS project in Rotherham. The PINS project is a national project being rolled out and schools were asked to nominate themselves should they wish to be involved.

The aim of the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) is to support the education and health needs of neuro diverse children in schools through partnership approach working with local authorities, parent carer forums and schools.

award.

Lucy Hanson, JMAT Integrated Resource Lead,

collecting our PINS award.

Asthma Friendly School

Wath Central were approached by South Yorkshire NHS Trust to be the pilot primary school as part of a new Asthma Friendly School Initiative.

The aim of the project was to empower school staff to effectively assist asthmatic children during school hours.

Our staff worked with the Asthma Team closely to trial and them embed the revised procedures and were thrilled to be the first school in the area to achieve the Asthma Friendly School Award.

Evidence for Learning

Amy Shaw, SENDCO & Asthma Lead for Wath Central, collecting our Asthma Friendly Schools Award from Hannah Lees.

Evidence for Learning is a tool we use to monitor and reflect on the small steps of progress made by some of our learners. We also used this during our school’s inquiry cycle project, and we are regular attendees at Evidence for Learning conferences.

These events provide valuable opportunities to collaborate with colleagues from both mainstream and specialist settings, sharing ideas and supporting one another. In recognition of our work, we have also been invited to speak at these conferences to share our experiences and practice.

Pearson Teaching Award

Winning the National Pearson Teaching Award (Silver) for Partnership Working in Inclusion has enabled us to share our effective practice across the country.

As a result, trusts, schools and SEND teams have connected with us to learn how we have built and utilised strong partnerships to support pupils, staff, and the wider school community during a particularly challenging time for education.

Jude Gray and Amy Shaw, Wath Central, presenting alongside Cheryl Gaughan, JMAT Strategic SEND Lead.

Wath Central Core Leadership Team accepting our Silver Pearson Teaching Award.