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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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45
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
59
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 — 41 (69.5%)
Contested, council lost — 11 (18.6%)
Contested, council won — 6 (10.2%)
Partially split — 1 (1.7%)
This council's own answer doesn't give a usable outcome breakdown. This estimate applies the pooled outcome rate from other North West councils with real reported figures to this council's own real, officially-published appeal volume for 2025 (59 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal [Q2(b)] | 4 | — |
By decision type — 2024
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal [Q2(b)] | 11 | — |
By decision type — 2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal [Q2(b)] | 6 | — |
By decision type — 2022 (academic year, to date of request)
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| refusal to assess appeals registered this year (Tribunals) | 0 | 0 |
Freedom of Information responses
From search index snippet (full answer is in a PDF attachment 'FOI 454914 G7W4R9.pdf' not machine-extracted): '2017 - 0 [defended]. The number of cases at the Tribunal which Rochdale LEA won: 2019 - consent order issued; 2018 - appeal upheld; 2017 - n/a.'
Caveat: Figures beyond what is quoted are in the PDF attachment and were not extracted by this research pass; see URL to retrieve manually.
Awaiting classification
Q2 refusal-to-assess challenges, from search index snippet (full response is a PDF attachment not machine-extracted): challenged through statutory mediation — 2023: 41, 2024: 122, 2025: 88; challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal — 2023: 4, 2024: 11, 2025: 6. (c) [number of these where LA changed its position] was visible in the snippet but cut off before the figures.
Caveat: This question set concerns refusal-to-assess challenges specifically, not all SEND tribunal appeal types. Q8 of this same request (total appeals registered and conceded before hearing, 2023-2025) exists in the PDF attachment but was not extracted.
Successful
'Q1. How many refusal to assess appeals have been registered this year? A. 0 Tribunals, 4 registered mediations. Q2. How many of these were upheld? A. 0 Tribunals, Mediation - No direction...' (remainder not captured).
Caveat: Covers refusal-to-assess appeals specifically, for the 2022/23 academic year only, not a full multi-year run.