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Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
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41
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
35
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.
- South Tees 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 · 01642 300774 EX: 225; 07923 241142.
- 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 — 25 (73.5%)
Contested, council lost — 6 (17.6%)
Contested, council won — 2 (5.9%)
Partially split — 1 (2.9%)
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 (35 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023-2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| Refusal-to-assess decisions challenged through Tribunal | 7 | 7 |
Freedom of Information responses
Awaiting classification
'Between 1st January 2019 and 1st October 2024 how many SEND appeals were received by the council? 85. Of these appeal cases decided by tribunal, how many were in favour of the council? 6 (out of 12 cases decided by Tribunal)'. Legal team spend on SEND appeals: £60,519.
Awaiting classification
Q8 SEND Tribunal appeals and concessions - Number of appeals lodged: 2023: 19; 2024: 40; 2025: 35. Number conceded before final hearing: 2023: 11; 2024: 20; 2025: 17. Q2 refusal-to-assess: challenged through Mediation 2023: 15 / 2024: 20 / 2025: 25; challenged through Tribunal 2023: 5 / 2024: 1 / 2025: 1; LA changed position - at mediation 2023: 6 / 2024: 13 / 2025: 19, conceded before hearing 2023: 5 / 2024: 1 / 2025: 1, ordered by Tribunal: 0 each year; average time between refusal and decision to proceed: 10 weeks (2023), 9 weeks (2024), 9 weeks (2025).