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10
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
15
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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- North East Lincolnshire 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 · 01472 326363.
- 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 — 1 Jan 2019 - 1 Oct 2024 (aggregate)
real, from FOI response
Resolved before hearing — 5 (31.3%)
Contested, council lost — 4 (25%)
Contested, council won — 1 (6.3%)
Partially split — 6 (37.5%)
Council's own breakdown: 'Appeals received in that period: 32. Tribunals attended by LA: 11. In favour of LA: 1. Not in favour of LA: 4. Partial agreements: 6. Resolved prior to hearings: 5. Ongoing: 5.' contested_and_council_won='In favour of LA' (1). contested_and_council_lost='Not in favour of LA' (4). resolved_before_hearing='Resolved prior to hearings' (5). 'Partial agreements' (6) mapped to partially_split rather than resolved_before_hearing because it reconciles exactly against the 'tribunals attended' figure (1 in-favour + 4 not-in-favour + 6 partial = 11 = tribunals attended), suggesting these were negotiated/mixed outcomes reached at a contested hearing rather than pre-hearing resolutions -- a judgment call, flagged here for transparency. 'Ongoing' (5) is unmapped/pending. DATA-QUALITY FLAG (already visible in this project's source caveat, and not among the previously-documented Rutland/Sheffield/Wigan/Bristol/Barnsley inconsistencies, so newly carried forward here): the itemised categories (1+4+6+5+5=21) do not sum to the stated 'Appeals received' headline of 32, leaving 11 appeals unaccounted for (possibly straightforward withdrawals not separately itemised, but not stated by the council) -- transcribed exactly as reported without adjustment.
Freedom of Information responses
Successful
"Appeals received in that period: 32. Tribunals attended by LA: 11. In favour of LA: 1. Not in favour of LA: 4. Partial agreements: 6. Resolved prior to hearings: 5. Ongoing: 5." SEND provision spend: £91,109,336.70 total for the period. Legal team spend on SEND appeals: £0.
Caveat: Aggregate figures for the whole ~5.75-year period, not broken down by individual year. Category totals do not fully reconcile against the headline figure of 32 appeals received (1 in favour + 4 not in favour + 6 partial + 5 resolved prior + 5 ongoing = 21 of 32 accounted for) - transcribed exactly as reported by the council without adjustment or recalculation.