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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
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145
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
124
appeals registered, 2025 (official DfE figure)
Data available. At least one Freedom of Information response gives real, extractable figures on tribunal appeals or outcomes for this council.
Estimated outcome breakdown
Estimated, not reported
Resolved before hearing — 90 (72.6%)
Contested, council lost — 23 (18.5%)
Contested, council won — 6 (4.8%)
Partially split — 5 (4%)
This council's own answer doesn't give a usable outcome breakdown. This estimate applies the pooled England-wide outcome rate (no regional sample was large enough to trust on its own) to this council's own real, officially-published appeal volume for 2025 (124 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal (SEND) [Q2(b)] | 12 | — |
By decision type — 2024
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal (SEND) [Q2(b)] | 10 | — |
By decision type — 2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal (SEND) [Q2(b)] | 10 | — |
Freedom of Information responses
Partially successful
Q2. Outcomes of challenges to refusal-to-assess decisions (calendar years): (a) refusal-to-assess challenged via statutory mediation: 2023=65, 2024=32, 2025=67. (b) refusal-to-assess challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal (SEND): 2023=12, 2024=10, 2025=10. (c) of (a)+(b) combined, number where the LA changed position and agreed to assess (via mediation agreement, tribunal concession, or Tribunal order — NOT split by route): 2023=35, 2024=16, 2025=40. (d) average time to overturn: 'not available'. Q8. SEND Tribunal appeals and concessions: (a) total appeals registered at First-tier Tribunal (SEND): 2023=85, 2024=146, 2025=122. (b) appeals conceded by the LA before final hearing: 2023='not available', 2024=90, 2025=51 ('thus far'). Also answered inline: Q1 phase-transfer EHCP review compliance (2024: 296 in year 11 cohort/281 issued by deadline=94.9%; other-phase cohort 356/356=100%. 2025: 361 in year-11 cohort/311 issued=86.1%; other-phase cohort 409/409=100%); Q3 EP advice timeliness; Q4 EP advice provenance; Q5 external EP/Locum arrangements; Q6 SEND corporate complaints (2024: 184 received/151 upheld or partially upheld; 2025: 208/168); Q7 LGSCO — referred requester to the LGSCO website rather than supplying figures directly.
Caveat: Q2(c) merges mediation-agreement and tribunal-concession/order overturns into a single combined figure — not split by challenge route, so a tribunal-specific 'win rate' for refusal-to-assess challenges cannot be isolated. Q8(b) for 2025 is explicitly marked as a part-year figure ('thus far'). Q8 explicitly excludes outcomes of contested (fully-heard) hearings — only pre-hearing concession counts are given, so this is not a complete win/loss breakdown, only appeal volume plus concession rate.