High Incidence Needs Team (HINT)

The High Incidence Needs Team (HINT) is part of the Special Educational Needs Inclusion Team (SENIT) at Gateshead Council within the Education, Schools and Inclusion Directorate. The team provides advice, guidance and support to preschool settings, primary schools and secondary schools across Gateshead to meet the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

HINT has four specialist teams: Complex Social Communication; Speech Language Communication Needs; Cognition and Learning (for Specific Learning Difficulties); Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs - which cover three of the four broad areas of need in the SEND Code of Practice: Communication and Interaction; Cognition and Learning; Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs. For children and young people who have physical or sensory needs, such as vision impairment (VI), hearing impairment (HI), multi-sensory impairment (MSI) or physical disability, please refer to the Low Incidence Needs Team (LINT).

Children and young people do not need to have a diagnosis to receive support from HINT.

Please also note that HINT does not provide diagnoses.

For further information about HINT please see the SENIT section on the Services for Schools North East website (opens new window).