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appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)

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.

Thinking about appealing, or partway through it? These are free, independent sources of advice — not run by this site, and not run by any council.

Bolton Information and Advisory Service SEND — this council's own free SEND information, advice and support service. Every council is legally required to fund one, at arm's length from itself · 01204 848722.
IPSEA — Free, independent legal advice on SEN law — including EHC plans and tribunal appeals.
SOS!SEN — Free helpline and 1:1 advice specifically on preparing a SEND tribunal appeal.
Coram Children's Legal Centre — Free education law advice line, including SEN appeals and EHC plan reviews.
GOV.UK: appeal an EHC plan decision — The official government guide to the appeals process itself — who can appeal, mediation, costs.

Structured outcome breakdown

Structured breakdown — 2018

real, from FOI response

100%

Resolved before hearing — 0 (0%) Contested, council lost — 0 (0%) Contested, council won — 0 (0%) Partially split — 1 (100%)

1 case defended; outcome recorded by council only as 'parts' (interpreted as a partially upheld/split outcome, though the council did not further clarify the term) -- mapped to partially_split=1 rather than a clean win or loss.

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Freedom of Information responses

LBC REQUEST - FOI SEND provision

Awaiting classification

Requested by Fraser Knight on 2024-11-01 · answered 2024-11-28 · covers 2019-01-01 to 2024-10-01 (aggregate)

'3. Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were received by the council? 108. Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council? 4.' Legal team spend for SEND appeals: £0.

Caveat: Answer to Q1 (SEND provision spend) was left blank/not given in the text response (may have been in the linked image attachment). Part of a nationwide batch sent to 339 authorities.

First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)

Successful

Requested by Michael Gaffney on 2020-01-30 · answered 2020-02-25 · covers 2017, 2018, 2019

Cases defended in First-tier Tribunal: 2019 - 2, 2018 - 1, 2017 - 1. Cases won by the LA: 2019 - 1, 2018 - 'parts', 2017 - 'parts'. Legal costs: 2019 - £0, 2018 - £0, 2017 - £0.

Caveat: 'Parts' appears to mean partially upheld/won but the council did not further clarify the term.