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62
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
107
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.
- Isle of Wight SENDIAS — 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 · 01983 825 548.
- 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 — 78 (72.2%)
Contested, council lost — 20 (18.5%)
Contested, council won — 5 (4.6%)
Partially split — 5 (4.6%)
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 (107 appeals) — see how estimates work.
Freedom of Information responses
Partially successful
Q8 asks, for each of 2023, 2024, 2025: (a) total appeals registered against the council at the First-tier Tribunal (SEND); (b) number of those appeals conceded before final hearing. Response cover note states 'due to the cost limit, we have provided the information we are able to extract' (i.e. a partial answer under s.12/s.16 FOIA). Full answer is in 'FOI Response HALL iw2649813.pdf' (210K), which rendered empty via automated tools in this session -- no figures recovered.
Caveat: Partial response -- unclear which of the request's 8 question groups (including Q8, tribunal appeals/concessions) were actually answered vs. omitted on cost grounds. Manual review of the PDF at the URL above is needed.