Special Educational Needs
Local Offer
The Government has asked all Local Authorities in the UK to publish, in one place, information about the services and provision they expect to be available in their area for children and young people from 0 to 25 who have Special Educational Needs and/or a Disability (SEND).
This is known as the Local Offer. Further information about the Gateshead’s Local Offer can be found on the links below.
For more information please click on the link below
Contacts
Autism information for parents: Useful Information for Parents/Carers
Single Point of Access: https://gateshead-localoffer.org/single-point-of-access/ (information regarding health (including mental health) referrals)
SENDIASS https://www.barnardossendiass.org.uk/gateshead-sendiass/
The above service is for parental support. They can also be contacted via email: daiss@barnardos.org.uk
SENIT (HINT&LINT) Gateshead SEND services that may be in school supporting your child https://gateshead-localoffer.org/special-educational-needs-improvement-team/
New SEND Thresholds
All teaching staff at The Drive have now been introduced and trained in using the SEND thresholds and all children have been levelled using this criteria.
Thresholds will be discussed with parents at termly reviews and when seeking external support.
The SEND Thresholds are also now used by all Gateshead Education and Health services (since September 2024).
Below is a link to the document if you would like to take a further look, as well as a QR code for a parents/carers video which will briefly explain what the Thresholds are and how they are being used:
