Helping Primary schools and families understand why children struggle to learn since 1994
When a child is struggling to learn, understanding why changes everything.
STUCKHUB's Primary Needs Assessment identifies missed learning and pinpoints the precise next steps to move learning forward.
✓ For primary-aged children 6+ (end Year 1)
✓ With ot without a diagnosis
✓ Targets delivered in 14 days
Supporting families and schools across West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.
Created by Jo Packard | Dual-QTS Primary Specialist | Uncovering the learning children have missed since 1994.
What is a Primary Needs Assessment?
A Primary Needs Assessment (PNA) is a detailed whole-child educational assessment that strips learning back to its foundations, focusing predominantly on Maths and English rather than the child's current curriculum. It identifies exactly what a child has missed in their learning journey and the precise teaching priorities needed to move them forward.
A diagnosis may explain a child's needs and recommend appropriate support, but the Primary Needs Assessment guides the educational response across home and school.
Why does it matter?
Children only get one chance at primary education. Too many spend it waiting for answers.
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Children stay stuck.
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Parents wait for answers.
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Teachers lack direction.
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Schools lack evidence.
STUCKHUB moves learning from STUCK to UNSTUCK.
✓ Complete Primary Needs Assessment and Report – £350
✓ Suitable with or without a diagnosis.
✓ Two-hour 1:1 specialist assessment.
✓ Comprehensive educational report.
✓ Precise learning targets and next steps.
✓ Report delivered within 14 days.
What's included in an assessment?
Educational evidence - not a diagnosis. Working document - not generic advice.
Exactly what a child knows, what they've missed, and why learning has become difficult.
Specific strategies and next steps for home, school and intervention including: clear findings that support APDR cycles, Individual Support Plans, referrals, annual reviews and future planning.
A comprehensive educational report delivered within 14 days, ready to support planning, referrals and ongoing provision.
Evidence that turns uncertainty into clear educational action.
What Makes a STUCKHUB Assessment Different?
We don’t just identify the struggle; we provide the solution.
Investigation, Not Screening
Most tools tell you that a child is behind; we investigate why. We go beyond the surface to identify the specific foundational gaps preventing progress.
Strategies, Not Scores
We don't just provide scores. We deliver an actionable learning profile with precise targets and strategies teachers can implement immediately.
Primary Specialist Expertise
Designed and administered by a Dual-QTS Specialist Teacher with over 30 years of Primary experience. We understand the reality of the classroom, not just the theory of the test.
Speed with Substance
While the system faces months of delay, we deliver a compliant, robust evidential report within 14 days of assessment, supporting your 'Assess & Plan' duties.
Supporting statutory 'Assess & Plan' responsibilities under the SEND Code of Practice.
Supporting Early Intervention Without Waiting
The Primary Needs Assessment helps schools identify learning needs early, plan effective provision and intervene before difficulties become more complex. It supports informed decision-making, reduces unnecessary escalation and helps direct SEND resources where they will have the greatest educational impact.
Compliance Note: STUCKHUB identifies educational barriers and foundational learning gaps; it does not provide medical or clinical diagnoses. Decisions regarding statutory EHCP assessment, provision and funding remain the responsibility of the school, Local Authority and relevant statutory agencies.
Why I Do What I Do:
"I created STUCKHUB because no child should spend months or years waiting for the right educational assessment to uncover the missed learning behind their difficulties."
Developed over more than 30 years in primary education and specialist teaching, the Primary Needs Assessment reflects everything I've learned about why children become stuck in their learning. A diagnosis may explain a child, but every child deserves clear educational guidance to identify what they've missed and move learning forward.
Every assessment includes:
A clear overview of missed learning.
Precise learning targes.
Practical strategies for home and school.
A compliant report that supports confident educational decision-making.
Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed.
Every parent deserves clear answers.
Every educator deserves clarity.
Today is all we have.
JoPackard
BA (Hons) BEd • OCR Level 5 SpLD/Dyslexia • Dual-QTS Primary Specialist
" Every child can learn. When they can't, there is always a reason. My job is to find out why."
Jo Packard
Primary Education Specialist
Trusted by Families and School Leaders
Parent
"Jo didn't just assess our daughter; she understood her after only two hours. For the first time we have a clear path forward and the confidence to ask for the right support."
Parent, Year 6 pupil
SENCO
"The quality of evidence provided by Jo Packard is exceptional. As a SENCO, I find her reports invaluable because they translate detailed educational evidence into actionable classroom strategies and provide the robust documentation required to support Local Authority processes, including EHCP applications."
Primary School SENCO, West Sussex
Senior Leadership Team
"Each year, we identify more pupils who benefit from Jo's professional expertise. Her assessment provision has proven invaluable in pinpointing specific barriers to learning and identifying the precise small-step targets that we, as a school, can effectively implement."
Senior Leadership Team, Midhurst CE Primary School
Head
"Many many thanks — this amount of detail, dedication and professionalism is rare these days and MUCH appreciated!"
Head, West Sussex
