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8
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
9
appeals registered, 2025 (official DfE figure)
No record found. No Freedom of Information request covering this council's SEND tribunal record was found on WhatDoTheyKnow. This is a genuine gap.
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.
- Darlington Information, Advice and Support Service for 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 · 01325 405878.
- 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.
Estimated outcome breakdown
Estimated, not reported
Resolved before hearing — 7 (77.8%)
Contested, council lost — 2 (22.2%)
Contested, council won — 0 (0%)
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 (9 appeals) — see how estimates work.