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123
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
177
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 — 128 (72.3%)
Contested, council lost — 32 (18.1%)
Contested, council won — 9 (5.1%)
Partially split — 8 (4.5%)
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 (177 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically [Q2(b)] | 19 | — |
By decision type — 2024
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically [Q2(b)] | 19 | — |
By decision type — 2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically [Q2(b)] | 37 | — |
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
Q8 'SEND Tribunal appeals and concessions' - council notes 'Data is not collected by calendar year, but by academic year, so appeal data based on academic year is as follows': (a) total appeals registered against the authority at First-tier Tribunal (SEND): 2023/24 - 115, 2024/25 - 164. (b) appeals conceded by the authority before final hearing: 2023/24 - 25, 2024/25 - 49. Q2 (refusal-to-assess challenge outcomes, given by calendar year): (a) challenged through statutory mediation: 2023 - 73, 2024 - 122, 2025 - 135. (b) challenged through Tribunal appeal specifically: 2023 - 19, 2024 - 19, 2025 - 37. (c) of (a)+(b) combined, number where authority changed position and agreed to assess (via mediation, pre-hearing concession, or Tribunal order): 2023 - 48, 2024 - 82, 2025 - 76. (d) average time between refusal and decision to proceed: 'We are unable to provide this data, as we do not record this'.
Caveat: Q8's headline appeals-registered/conceded figures are reported by academic year (2023/24, 2024/25), not calendar year, per the council's explicit note that appeal data is collected differently from the rest of the request. The Q2 refusal-to-assess-specific figures (by calendar year) are a narrower subset of all appeal types and should not be added to the Q8 academic-year totals. Q2(a) mediation figures (73/122/135) are included only as context alongside the Tribunal-relevant Q2(b)/(c) figures; they are not themselves Tribunal appeals.
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