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North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
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83
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
67
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.
- North Tyneside Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and 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 · 0191 643 8313; 0191 643 8317.
- 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 — 49 (73.1%)
Contested, council lost — 12 (17.9%)
Contested, council won — 3 (4.5%)
Partially split — 3 (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 (67 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal | 39 | 37 |
By decision type — 2024
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal | 18 | 16 |
By decision type — 2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal | 19 | 17 |
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
Q8 SEND Tribunal appeals and concessions - (a) Total appeals registered: 2023: 95; 2024: 82; 2025: 66. (b) Number conceded by authority before final hearing: 2023: 67; 2024: 58; 2025: 25. Q2 Outcomes of refusal-to-assess challenges - (a) challenged through statutory mediation: 2023: 91; 2024: 40; 2025: 39. (b) challenged through First-tier Tribunal appeal: 2023: 39; 2024: 18; 2025: 19. (c) LA changed position: 'Agree to assess at Mediation' 2023: 33 / 2024: 16 / 2025: 8; 'Conceded at Tribunal' 2023: 30 / 2024: 10 / 2025: 6; 'Ordered by Tribunal' 2023: 7 / 2024: 6 / 2025: 11.
Caveat: Full response also covered EHCP phase-transfer compliance, EP advice timeliness/provenance, complaints and LGSCO decisions, all answered with actual figures (a rare fully-completed response to this 8-question campaign).
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