Many decisions relating to EHC needs assessments and plans can be appealed to the First Tier Tribunal on SEND. This is discussed further in our briefing Disputes about special educational needs in England. The charts below show the number and proportion of appealed decisions in the area selected and nationally. Please note this data is about appeals being made, not appeals which were successful.

Appeals often involve a number of points, around specific decisions made or specific parts of the contents of the plan. When more than half of all points appealed are decided in favour of the person making the appeal, it is recorded as being successful. Nationally, in 2024 99% of SEND tribunals were successful. Success rates are not published at local authority level.

The main source of funding for complex special educational provision in England is the high needs block of the dedicated schools grant (DSG). It supports children and young people with education, health and care (EHC) plans or who are in alternative provision . It doesn't include all resources supporting those with SEND, most of whom don't have EHC plans and are in mainstream schools and colleges.

The filter above may be used to select whether to show amounts in cash terms (the amount of money paid at the time) or real terms (which adjusts for the effects of inflation). More information on school funding is available in our debate pack Dedicated Schools Grant. Some local authority data may appear blank in the below as a result of boundary changes or unreported data.

England

The process from a needs assessment being requested to an EHC plan being issued is required to take no more than 20 weeks. There are some exceptions to this, which relate to school closures and personal circumstances.

The table below shows the proportion of EHC plans issued within different time frames in the selected local authority and nationally. The buttons above can be clicked to choose whether to include the exceptions to the 20-week limit in this data. This data relates to EHC plans issued in the year stated, not those requested in that year.

This page provides information on home-to-school transport for pupils with SEND. The filters above may be used to select which age group to look at, whether to show total or per pupil expenditure, and whether to show amounts in cash terms (the amount of money paid at the time) or real terms (which adjusts for the effects of inflation).