Greenwich
Data availableLondon
101
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
139
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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- SENDIASS Royal Greenwich — 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 · 020 8921 8402.
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- SOS!SEN — Free helpline and 1:1 advice specifically on preparing a SEND tribunal appeal.
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- 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 — 101 (72.7%)
Contested, council lost — 25 (18%)
Contested, council won — 7 (5%)
Partially split — 6 (4.3%)
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 (139 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2019-2024
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| Section B | — | — |
| Section F | — | — |
| Section I | — | — |
Freedom of Information responses
Q3 (SEND tribunal appeals registered against the Borough): 2019=83, 2020=73, 2021=86, 2022=84, 2023=71, 2024=107. Q3i (Section B): 2019=32.5%, 2020=31.5%, 2021=27.9%, 2022=23.8%, 2023=4.2%, 2024=28.9%. Q3ii (Section F): 2019=33.7%, 2020=32.8[%], 2021=29.06%, 2022=26.1%, 2023=4.2%, 2024=29.9%. Q3iii (Section I): 2019=35%, 2020=34.2%, 2021=36.04%, 2022=41.6%, 2023=1.3%, 2024=67.2%. Q4 (tribunal cases defended by the Borough): 2019=59, 2020=60, 2021=56, 2022=68, 2023=Not Recorded, 2024=103. Q5 (% of contested SEND tribunal cases won/lost by the Borough) — Won: 2019=3.6%, 2020=2.7%, 2021=3.4%, 2022=2.3%, 2023=Not recorded, 2024=1.8%. Lost: 2019=20.4%, 2020=2.7%, 2021=11.6%, 2022=32.1%, 2023=Not Recorded, 2024=6.5%. Q1, Q2, Q6 and Q7 refused under s.12 FOIA (estimated 309.5 hours to retrieve/extract, exceeding the 18-hour appropriate limit).
Caveat: Won/Lost percentages for a given year do not sum to 100% (remainder presumably reflects cases resolved by consent order, withdrawal, or other non-adjudicated outcomes not separately reported here). 2023 data for Q4/Q5 explicitly 'Not Recorded' by the council.