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Stockton-on-Tees Council
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47
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
50
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 — 36 (73.5%)
Contested, council lost — 9 (18.4%)
Contested, council won — 2 (4.1%)
Partially split — 2 (4.1%)
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 (50 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2024-2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through Tribunal | 1 | — |
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
'Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were received by the council? 150 from 1st January 2019 – 1st October 2024. Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council? 1 from 1st January 2021 – 1st October 2024. The Council is unable to provide data before 2021 as the information was not recorded.'
Caveat: Council does not hold SEND provision spend or SEND-appeal legal-team spend data. The 'in favour of council' figure (1) covers only 2021 onward, not the full 2019-2024 window used for the appeals-received volume figure (150), because pre-2021 outcome data was not recorded.
Awaiting classification
Q8 SEND Tribunal appeals and concessions - (a) Total appeals registered: 2023: 63; 2024: 46; 2025: 50. (b) Number conceded before final hearing: 2023: 42; 2024: 33; 2025: 20 (note: 'Some cases are ongoing'). Q2 refusal-to-assess: (a) challenged through mediation: 2024: 1 / 2025: 6. (b) challenged through Tribunal: 2024: 0 / 2025: 1. (c) LA changed position: 2024: 1 / 2025: 4.
Caveat: 2025 conceded-before-hearing figure may rise as some 2025 cases were still ongoing at time of response. Q3 EP-advice timeliness figures noted as affected by a change in data system (2024 data only from 1 June 2024).