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SEND in Brent

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Brent: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 103 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Brent's SEND Local Offer
Services, support, education, health and social care for children and young people with SEND (birth to age 25)
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EHCP Timeliness

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Issued within 20 weeks89.3%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 473 new EHCPs issued in 2024.
Councils must issue new EHCPs within 20 weeks of the request. Exceptions exist but many delays don't qualify.

EHCP Assessment Requests

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Requests received
705
Refused (no assessment)
170
Refusal rate24.1%
National: 25.5%
Lower is better. Refused requests can be appealed to the SEND tribunal, and ~98% of cases heard find in the parent's favour.

SEND Tribunal

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Appeals registered
46
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
1.1%
Appealable decisions
4,012
Parent wins at hearing
National estimate (HMCTS)
~98%
Parents win the vast majority of SEND tribunal cases at hearing. If your EHCP request is refused, appealing is often worth pursuing. A high appeal rate may indicate contested decisions locally.

Annual Review Decisions

DfE 2025 release (2024 calendar year) · First published this year
Review decisions within 4 weeks51.0%
National: 44.4%
Based on 3,074 review meetings held in 2024. 161 expected reviews were not held.
After an annual review meeting, LAs must notify parents of the decision (amend, maintain or cease) within 4 weeks. This data was published for the first time in June 2025.

SEN Population

Pupils across all schools in this LA
Live EHCPs maintained (2024/25)
Total EHCPs in force across the LA
3,791
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0
Total pupils
50,616

SEN Provision in Brent

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
5
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
4
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
11
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Brent

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Brent
Speech Language & Communication, 39.5% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication39.5%
Autism26.2%
Social Emotional & Mental Health14.2%
Moderate Learning Difficulties13.1%
Hearing Impairment2.5%
Physical Disability2%
Profound & Multiple LD0.9%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.7%
Specific Learning Difficulties0.5%
Visual Impairment0.2%
Other0.2%
The primary need is the main reason the EHCP was issued. Many children have co-occurring needs. ASD is the most common primary need nationally.

Schools with SEN provision in Brent

17 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Kingsbury High School
Resourced
Carlton Vale Infant School
SEN Unit· Good
The Corner School
Special
Preston Manor School
Resourced· Good
Fryent Primary School
Resourced· Good
Phoenix Arch School
SpecialSEN Unit· Good
Mapesbury School
Special
Preston Park Primary School
Resourced· Good
Edith Kay Independent School
SpecialSEN Unit
Granville Plus Nursery School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Fawood Nursery School & Family Wellbeing Centre
Resourced· Good
Elsley Primary School
Resourced· Good
The Kilburn Park School Foundation
Resourced· Good
Oakington Manor Primary School
Resourced· Good
Kingsbury Green Primary School
Resourced· Good
Newfield Primary School
Resourced· Good
Southover Partnership School
Special

Helpful resources

EHCP Guide →
What an EHCP is, how to apply, appeal process
Annual Review Tracker →
Timeline and stages of EHCP annual reviews
Choosing a SEN School →
Practical guide for SEN parents
Our SEN Methodology →
How we calculate SEN Experience Indicator
DATA SOURCES
School-level SEN data: DfE Education Health and Care plans release + GIAS. LA-level stats: DfE EES + HMCTS SENDIST. Local Offer: Brent Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.