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Worcestershire County Council
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139
appeals registered, 2024 (official DfE figure)
200
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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- Herefordshire and Worcestershire 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 · 01905 768153.
- 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 — 145 (72.1%)
Contested, council lost — 37 (18.4%)
Contested, council won — 10 (5%)
Partially split — 9 (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 (200 appeals) — see how estimates work.
By decision type
By decision type — 2023
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal [Q2(b)] | 18 | — |
By decision type — 2024
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal [Q2(b)] | 23 | — |
By decision type — 2025
| Category (council's own wording) | Appeals | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal [Q2(b)] | 13 | — |
Freedom of Information responses
Response dated 30 April 2026, ref 1828670. Q2 outcomes of refusal-to-assess challenges (calendar years): (a) challenged via statutory mediation -- 2023: 68, 2024: 67, 2025: 57. (b) challenged via appeal to First-tier Tribunal -- 2023: 18, 2024: 23, 2025: 13. (c) number where council changed position/agreed to assess (via mediation, concession, or Tribunal order) -- 2023: 17, 2024: 18, 2025: 11. (d) average days from refusal decision to decision to proceed after a successful challenge -- 2023: 130.3 days, 2024: 98.2 days, 2025: 116.4 days. Q8 SEND Tribunal appeals and concessions: (a) total appeals registered against the council at First-tier Tribunal -- 2023: 89, 2024: 137, 2025: 144. (b) number of those appeals conceded by the council before final hearing -- 2023: 31, 2024: 23, 2025: 33.
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