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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.

Luton SEND Information, Advice & Support Service — 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 · 01582 548156 - (24 hour answer machine available).
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.

Structured outcome breakdown

Structured breakdown — 2022

real, from FOI response

66.7%

33.3%

Resolved before hearing — 0 (0%) Contested, council lost — 0 (0%) Contested, council won — 2 (66.7%) Partially split — 1 (33.3%)

'2 (+1 in part - extended appeal)': the 2 read as full LA wins, +1 additional partial.

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Freedom of Information responses

LBC REQUEST - FOI SEND provision

Awaiting classification

Requested by Fraser Knight on 2024-11-01 · answered 2024-11-21 · covers 2019-01-01 to 2024-10-01 (per the standard LBC template)

Response to 'how many SEND appeals were received by the council, and of these appeal cases decided by tribunal how many were in favour of the council', table of 'Number of appeals' and 'Found in full favour of LA' by year: 2019 - 9 appeals, 1 found in full favour of LA; 2020 - 10 appeals, 1 in full favour of LA; 2021 - 18 appeals, '1 in part'; 2022 - 19 appeals, '2 (+1 in part - extended appeal)'; 2023 - 17 appeals, '1 in part - extended appeal' and '1 not reached hearing date'; 2024 (to date) - 26 appeals, '12 not reached hearing date'.

Caveat: The 'Found in full favour of LA' column mixes outright LA wins with partial ('in part') outcomes and cases not yet reached/heard (explicitly flagged as such within the table for 2021-2024); the council did not separately break out lost/conceded/withdrawn counts. The original request also asked for SEND-provision spend and legal-team spend (2019-2024), which the council answered via a separate Excel attachment not retrieved here as it is out of scope (spend, not appeal figures).

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