Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
(asked on 16th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal resulted in a change to the school or college named in Section I of a child or young person’s Education, Health and Care Plan, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
This question was answered on 23rd March 2020
Under the HM Courts & Tribunals Service’s Records Retention and Disposal Policy all electronic records are deleted after three years. The available records show that:
- Of the 289 Section I appeals disposed of at hearing in 2018/19, the Local Authority was ordered to amend the school or college or to name a school or college in 54 cases.
- Of the 191 Section I appeals disposed of at hearing in 2017/18, the Local Authority was ordered to amend the school or college or to name a school or college in 29 cases.
- Of the 103 Section I appeals disposed of at hearing in 2016/17, the Local Authority was ordered to amend the school or college or to name a school or college in 2 cases.