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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
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53
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
116
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.
Structured outcome breakdown
Structured breakdown — 2020
real, from FOI response
Resolved before hearing — 23 (92%)
Contested, council lost — 2 (8%)
Contested, council won — 0 (0%)
resolved_before_hearing = 16 conceded + 7 withdrawn (both before tribunal date). contested_and_council_lost = 2 'found in family favour'. contested_and_council_won = 0 'found in LA favour'. Totals reconcile exactly (23+2+0=25 = 'commenced to hearing'(2) + resolved(23)).
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
Q3 'Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were received by the council?' Number of Appeals by year: 2019: 9, 2020: 22, 2021: 19, 2022: 16, 2023: 26, 2024: 43 (2024 partial year, to 1 Oct). Council note: 'the council does not record the method by which the appeal was resolved... The figures above are made up of a variety of cases where the appeal was heard, ones where the council conceded, cases where the appeal was withdrawn by the person who raised it, or those cases where we didn't oppose and resolved before the hearing. Therefore, it is important to note that not all these cases were decided by a tribunal.' Q4 'Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council?': 2019: 0, 2020: 0, 2021: 0, 2022: 0, 2023: 1, 2024: 0.
Caveat: 2024 figure (43) covers only 1 Jan-1 Oct 2024, a partial year. The 'in favour of council' row is explicitly only the subset of appeals actually decided by tribunal, not of total appeals received (council does not disclose how many of each year's appeals fell into the tribunal-decided subset vs conceded/withdrawn/unopposed).
Successful
Table response to 'Appeals to 1st tier sendist tribunal' request (1/ lodged, 2/ conceded before tribunal date, 3/ withdrawn before tribunal date, 4/ commenced to hearing, 5/ found in LA favour, 6/ found in family favour): 2020 - No. Appeals 25, No. Conceded 16, No. Withdrawn 7, No. Commenced 2, No. In LA Favour 0, No. In Family Favour 2. 2021 - Appeals 9, Conceded 2, Withdrawn 4, Commenced 3, In LA Favour 0, In Family Favour 3. 2022 - Appeals 17, Conceded 12, Withdrawn 3, Commenced 2 (marked '*one is still ongoing'), In LA Favour 0, In Family Favour 1.
Caveat: 2022 'Commenced' figure of 2 is flagged by the council with a footnote that one of those two was still ongoing/unresolved as of the response date (19 Jan 2023).
Successful
Resolved exact thread via Sean Pogson's requester profile (page 2 of his request list) to https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/appeals_to_1st_tier_sendist_trib_2 ('Appeals to 1st tier sendist tribunal in 2023'). Response dated 29 Feb 2024: '1. How many appeals have been lodged to the 1st tier tribunal in 2023? 26. 2. How many of those appeals have been conceded before tribunal date in 2023? 5. 3. How many of those appeals have been withdrawn before tribunal date in 2023? 7. 4. How many of those appeals commenced to hearing in 2023? 3, with 1 still awaiting an outcome. 5. How many of those appeals where found in the local authorities favour in 2023? Nil. 6. How many of those appeals where found in favour of the family in 2023? 2.'
Caveat: Of the 3 appeals that commenced hearing in 2023, 1 was still awaiting an outcome as of the response date (29 Feb 2024), so the final won/lost split for that case is not captured in this letter.