Welcome to the Student Support Unit (SSU) at Hasmonean High School for Boys
Our SSU Team strives to ensure that the Additional Educational Needs of all our students are met. We provide support to students with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), and English as an Additional Language (EAL). We aim to promote the opportunities and achievements of all in line with our whole school ethos. Liaison with staff and knowing our students is essential and with this in mind we meet the students, and visit their primary school before they join Hasmonean, in order to facilitate a successful transition to Secondary School.
The SSU team includes SEND teachers, EAL Co-ordinator, and LSA Educators. The school works with a range of external specialists that support students in school.
Our SSU Team strives to ensure that the Additional Educational Needs of all our students are met. We support students with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), and English as an Additional Language (EAL). We aim to promote the opportunities for and achievements of all in line with our whole school ethos. Liaison with staff, parents and carers and knowledge of our students is essential which is why we meet students and their parents/carers, contact primary schools and arrange transition visit(s) before they join Hasmonean.
Wave 1 is the expectation of ‘Quality First’ teaching, where good quality teaching and adapting work to individual students means that every student is included. The needs of all students are taken into account, with high expectations of them.
Wave 2 is more targeted at pupils with SEN specifically. There may be access to specialist resources within the school, such as nurture groups, therapies, identified interventions and some 1:1 support. This can be for general ‘catch-up’ or the start of the graduated approach cycles of Assess, Plan, Do, Review. All staff have copies of adaptive learning plans which give information on and strategies for individual students.
Wave 3 is usually where an external specialist may be asked to advise on more specialised support, generally where a student has not progressed as well as expected with the current additional support. This would form part of subsequent cycles of the graduated approach.
