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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
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70
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
89
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 — 62 (69.7%)
Contested, council lost — 16 (18%)
Contested, council won — 10 (11.2%)
Partially split — 1 (1.1%)
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 (89 appeals) — see how estimates work.
Freedom of Information responses
Partially successful
Table: 'The number of cases Sefton Local Education Authority has defended in the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)': 2017 - 14, 2018 - 25, 2019 - 33. 'The number of cases at the Tribunal which Sefton Local Education Authority won, for each of those years': 2017 - Less than 5, 2018 - Less than 5, 2019 - Less than 5. 'The amount of money spent by Sefton Local Education Authority on legal costs for defending cases at the Tribunal, for each of those years': 2017 - N/A, 2018 - N/A, 2019 - N/A.
Caveat: Council gave win counts only as 'Less than 5' for each year rather than an exact figure (likely small-number suppression to avoid identifiability), and legal costs are given as N/A for all three years with no further explanation of why.