Sensory Service

The Sensory Service (one of the 3 specialist teams within Newham’s SESS (Specialist Education Support Service) department, supports children and young people with a medical identified need of deafness, visual impairment,  and/or multi-sensory loss from birth to the age of 16. 

Hearing Support Service(Deaf/hard of hearing):

Our service is made up of professionals with a range of skills working with deaf children and young adults. Our team includes QToDs (Qualified Teachers of the Deaf), an Early Years’ specialist working with children will a deafness who are 5 years and under and Specialists in audiology (Audiology technician and a vacant Educational Audiologist post.)

We also offer a traded Service to students who remain in education at the Post 16 level.

Vision Support Service:

Our service is made up of professionals with a range of skills working with children with a visual impairment. Our team includes QTVI’s (Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired), specialist VI teacher, an adaptions officer, Habilitation and Independence assistant, Independence Technology Officer and Braille Support Officers.

MSI* Support Service:

We have a qualified teacher of MSI (QTMSI) working within the Sensory Service to provide support, training and advice to children and young people, their families and educational setting.

*A child or young person is considered multi-sensory impaired (MSI) or deafblind when they have a combination of hearing and vision loss. MSI is considered a unique disability as the challenges of combined loss is greater than the sum of each individual sensory loss. MSI/deafblindness can impact communication, access to information and ability to move around in the environment. MSI may be combined with additional medical or cognitive needs.

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