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Leicestershire County Council
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196
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
352
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 — 255 (72.6%)
Contested, council lost — 64 (18.2%)
Contested, council won — 17 (4.8%)
Partially split — 15 (4.3%)
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 (352 appeals) — see how estimates work.
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
As indexed by WhatDoTheyKnow's own search engine (full attachment 'FOI 007970 SEND spend legal costs and appeals Response.pdf' not directly viewable in this pass): '3. a) Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were received by the council? 1861. b) Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council? 66.'
Caveat: The figure of 1861 appeals received over roughly 5.75 years is far higher than comparable neighbouring counties (e.g. Nottinghamshire reported single-digit annual counts) -- this may denote a broader category than SENDIST tribunal registrations specifically (e.g. all SEND-related appeals or disagreements), and should be verified against the source PDF before use.
Re-use terms stated by the council: Unless otherwise stated, the information provided in response to this request is made available under the Open Government Licence (OGL).
Awaiting classification
Question includes Q8 (SEND Tribunal appeals registered and conceded before final hearing, 2023-2025). Council confirmed it held the information and responded with an attachment (FOI 11008 SEND Performance Comparative Study.pdf), but the text was not machine-extractable in this pass so figures could not be transcribed. An initial response sent 7 May 2026 was retracted by the council as incomplete (questions 6 and 7 unanswered) and a corrected full response was issued 15 May 2026.