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Telford and Wrekin Council

Data available

West Midlands

102
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
125
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
72.8%
18.4%
Resolved before hearing — 91 (72.8%) Contested, council lost — 23 (18.4%) Contested, council won — 6 (4.8%) Partially split — 5 (4%)

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 (125 appeals) — see how estimates work.

By decision type

By decision type — 2022 (calendar year)
Category (council's own wording)AppealsOverturned
Refusal to assess appeals registered this year1010
Refusal to issue appeals registered this year00
Contents and placement appeals registered this year14

Freedom of Information responses

Successful
Requested by Lyndsay Critchlow on 2023-01-03 · answered 2023-01-30 · covers 2022 (calendar year, explicitly confirmed by the requester after the council queried the period)
Requester clarified 'this year' as meaning calendar year 2022. Q1 'How many refusal to assess appeals have been registered this year?' A1: '10 tribunals.' Q2 'How many of these were upheld?' A2: '1, 9 others we consented with parents, to complete.' Q3 'How many refusal to issue have been registered this year?' A3: '0.' Q4 'How many of these were upheld?' A4: 'N/A.' Q5 'How many contents and placement appeals have been registered this year?' A5: '14.' Q6 'How many of the parental preference for placement were named?' A6: '13.' Also EHCP context: Q7 children with EHCPs: 1,891 (as of end of December); Q8 mainstream: 539; Q9 specialist: 718; Q10 EOTAS: 0; Q11 children with SEN and no placement - 'We do not gather the data for all children with SEN, however the number of children unplaced with an EHCP is 8.'
Caveat: Q2's wording is ambiguous as to whether the 1 'upheld' case was decided in the parent's favour or the council's favour, and whether 'upheld' here means upheld by the Tribunal or upheld as in the council's original refusal being upheld; transcribed verbatim rather than resolved. The 9 refusal-to-assess appeals 'consented with parents, to complete' appear to be cases the council agreed/conceded rather than contested to a hearing.