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Special Educational Needs: Gloucestershire

Answer

Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.

The table below sets out the number of appeals to SEND against decisions made by the Local Authority in Gloucestershire for the period 2018 to 2023; and the percentage of appeals which were found in favour of the appellant (which includes parents and young people), for the years 2020 – 2022.

Academic year	Total appeals registered	Total appeals heard	Total of successful appeals	Percentage of successful appeals
2018	40	-	-	-
2019	55	-	-	-
2020	27	12	11	92%
2021	34	28	23	82%
2022	131	84	83	99%

Outcome data on appeals before 2020 are not available due to the Records Retention and Disposal Schedule (RRDS) of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) (of which SEND is part) requiring that data are deleted three years after the conclusion of the appeal. The full RRDS can be found at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62b47cfcd3bf7f0af821efef/health-education-social-care-chamber-rrds.pdf.

Decisions made by Local Authorities about the special educational needs of young people can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including evidence in the form of oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HMCTS cannot comment on decisions made by independent tribunal judiciary.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

1528

Session

2023-24

Transferred

Yes

Subjects

Appeals Special educational needs Gloucestershire

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk