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Date Printed: 05/07/2025

Provider Name:Special Education Needs Improvement Team (Gateshead Council)
Provider Type:Special Educational Needs Improvement Team (Gateshead Council)
Name:Special Education Needs Improvement Team (Gateshead Council)
Address:Dryden Professional Development,
Shotley Gardens,
Gateshead,NE9 5UR
Phone:0191 4338513
Email:SENITsupportteam@gateshead.gov.uk
Website:https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/3467/Special-Educational-Needs-Improvement-Team
Last inspection outcome:Not Applicable
Availability:Open All Year
Eligibility / referral criteria:Referral/elig. criteria: Referrals to HINT and LINT are usually made by the school or setting, with parent/carer permission. Input received varies as it is designed to ensure that the individual and specific needs of each child/young person are met.
Vacancy notes:Not available
Service description:: Gateshead Council’s SEN Improvement Team (SENIT) is a group of specialist professionals who provide support for children and young people in schools, specialist provision and early years settings. It includes a High Incidence Needs Team and a Low Incidence Needs Team.

The High Incidence Needs Team (HINT) is a group of teachers who are specialists in the areas of:
• Communication and Interaction
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
- Complex Social Communication (CSC)
- Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC)

• Physical and Medical Needs

• Cognition and Learning
- general learning difficulties
- Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
We provide assessment, advice and recommendations to schools and settings for children and young people aged 4-25 years.

The Low Incidence Needs Team (LINT) is a group of specialist teachers and specialist support staff who hold the necessary mandatory qualifications in the areas of:
• Hearing Impairment
• Visual Impairment
We provide assessment, advice and intervention to schools and settings for babies, children and young people from birth to 25 years.

Daily session times:Not available
Costs:Contact provider for details