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Leicester City Council

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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.

Leicester Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice, and Support Service (SENDIASS) — 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 · 0116 482 0870.
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

72.7%

18.2%

Resolved before hearing — 64 (72.7%) Contested, council lost — 16 (18.2%) Contested, council won — 4 (4.5%) Partially split — 4 (4.5%)

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 (88 appeals) — see how estimates work.

Freedom of Information responses

LBC REQUEST - FOI SEND provision

Awaiting classification

Requested by Fraser Knight on 2024-11-01 · answered 2024-11-12 · covers 2019-01-01 to 2024-10-01 (aggregate)

As indexed by WhatDoTheyKnow's own search engine (full attachment '2024 11 12 FOIA 33231 Knight response.doc' not directly viewable in this pass): 'Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were received by the council? 192. Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council? 13.'

Re-use terms stated by the council: You may re-use the information under an Open Government Licence.

National FOI Request — SEND Performance Comparative Study

Awaiting classification

Requested by Andrew Hall on 2026-04-07 · answered 2026-06-30 · covers 2023, 2024, 2025

Leicester City Council initially refused the entire request under section 12 FOIA (cost limit) on 28 April 2026. The requester appealed on 2 May 2026, specifically arguing that Q8 (Tribunal appeals and concessions) is held by the council's legal team and does not require searching individual case files. The council's internal review response (30 June 2026, attachment '2026 06 30 FOIA 38111 Appeal Response.doc') was not machine-text-extractable in this pass, so it is unknown whether Q8 tribunal figures were ultimately disclosed.

Caveat: Whether any tribunal figures were actually released following the internal review could not be confirmed in this research pass -- follow-up recommended by opening the linked .doc directly.