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Coventry City Council
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123
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
128
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.
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Estimated outcome breakdown
Estimated, not reported
Resolved before hearing — 93 (73.2%)
Contested, council lost — 23 (18.1%)
Contested, council won — 6 (4.7%)
Partially split — 5 (3.9%)
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 (128 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2022
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| refusal to assess appeals | 13 | 1 |
| refusal to issue | 1 | 0 |
| contents and placement appeals | 39 | — |
Freedom of Information responses
Successful
Response to 'Send stats' (ref FOI471134636), all figures stated as being for the 2022 calendar year. 'How many refusal to assess appeals have been registered this year?' - 13. 'How many of these were upheld?' - One. 'How many refusal to issue have been registered this year?' - One. 'How many of these were upheld?' - Nil. 'How many contents and placement appeals have been registered this year?' - 39. 'How many of the parental preference for placement were named?' - 19. [Document also gives EHCP headcount/mainstream-vs-specialist-placement/EOTAS/no-placement figures for 2022, which are out of scope for this tribunal-focused extract and are omitted here.]
Caveat: Figures cover a single calendar year (2022) only, with no multi-year trend. Coventry did not specify what 'upheld' means from whose perspective (i.e. whether 'upheld' means the parent's appeal succeeded, or the Council's original refusal was upheld) -- taken at face value as stated in the letter.
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