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8
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
9
appeals registered, 2025 (official DfE figure)
8
appeals per 1,000 children with an EHC plan, 2025 (1,122 EHC plans, Jan 2025)
No record found. No Freedom of Information request covering this council's SEND tribunal record was found on WhatDoTheyKnow. This is a genuine gap.
Thinking about appealing, or partway through it? These are free, independent sources of advice — not run by this site, and not run by any council.
- Darlington Information, Advice and Support Service for SEND — this council's own free SEND information, advice and support service. Every council is legally required to fund one, at arm's length from itself · 01325 405878.
- IPSEA — Free, independent legal advice on SEN law — including EHC plans and tribunal appeals.
- SOS!SEN — Free helpline and 1:1 advice specifically on preparing a SEND tribunal appeal.
- Coram Children's Legal Centre — Free education law advice line, including SEN appeals and EHC plan reviews.
- GOV.UK: appeal an EHC plan decision — The official government guide to the appeals process itself — who can appeal, mediation, costs.
Estimated outcome breakdown
Estimated, not reported
Resolved before hearing — 7 (77.8%)
Contested, council lost — 2 (22.2%)
Contested, council won — 0 (0%)
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 (9 appeals) — see how estimates work.