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Buckinghamshire Council
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234
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
271
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 — 197 (72.4%)
Contested, council lost — 50 (18.4%)
Contested, council won — 13 (4.8%)
Partially split — 12 (4.4%)
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 (271 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023 (1 Jan-1 Nov)
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| Refusal to Assess (RTA) | 35 | 30 |
Freedom of Information responses
Successful
Covering 1 Jan 2023 to 1 Nov 2023: of 1,196 EHC needs-assessment decisions, 379 were Refusal to Assess (RTA). 'What number of appeals to SENDIST were lodged as a result of a refusal to assess?' -- 35 RTA tribunals lodged during the period. 'What number of lodged appeals were resolved by carrying out an EHCNA prior to court?' -- 30 appeals resolved this way (i.e. conceded/settled before hearing). The request also asked for a further SENDIST outcome breakdown (awaiting trial / resolved prior to court / court-ordered assessment / court found for council) but this portion was not recovered.
Caveat: The 379/35/30 figures came from WhatDoTheyKnow's full-text search index snippet, not a directly opened attachment (the attachments themselves -- Responses 4972121.docx and Response all information to be supplied.pdf -- rendered empty in this session). Treat as reliable but re-verify against the source attachment before publishing.