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SEND in Croydon

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Croydon — the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 157 schools with their SEN provision.

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Croydon's SEND Local Offer
Services, support, education, health and social care for 0–25s with SEND
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EHCP Timeliness

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Issued within 20 weeks72.8%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 916 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
1,174
Refused (no assessment)
178
Refusal rate15.2%
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

Appeals against LA decisions
Tribunal data not yet imported for Croydon.
Source: HMCTS SENDIST stats ↗

Annual Review Decisions

DfE 2025 release (2024 calendar year) · First published this year
Review decisions within 4 weeks19.1%
National: 44.4%
Based on 3,752 review meetings held in 2024. 388 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
5,232
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
5.4% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
3,426
SEN Support (no EHCP)
15.1% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
9,627
Total pupils
63,702

SEN Provision in Croydon

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
15
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
10
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
16
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Croydon

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Croydon
Speech Language & Communication— 29.7% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication29.7%
Autism24.6%
Social Emotional & Mental Health19.1%
Moderate Learning Difficulties8.3%
Specific Learning Difficulties2.9%
Physical Disability2.3%
Severe Learning Difficulties1.1%
Profound & Multiple LD0.4%
Hearing Impairment0.4%
Other0.4%
Visual Impairment0.3%
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 Croydon

39 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School
Resourced· Good
Monks Orchard Primary School
Resourced· Good
Orchard Park High School
Resourced· Good
Chipstead Valley Primary School
Resourced· Outstanding
Red Gates School
Special· Good
Broadmead Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Maypole School - Melville
Special
Aerodrome Primary Academy
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Serenity School, Old Palace Croydon
Special
Tudor Academy
Resourced· Good
Oasis Academy Arena
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Rowdown Primary School
Resourced
Bright Minds Creative Academy
Special
Castle Hill Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Courtwood Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Kensington Avenue Primary School
SEN Unit· Requires Improvement
Purley Nursery School
Resourced· Outstanding
Rutherford School
Special
The Write Time
Special
St Nicholas School
Special· Requires Improvement
Oasis Academy Coulsdon
Resourced· Good
Quest Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Norbury Manor Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
St Giles School
Special· Good
Olympus
Special
Abingdon House School Purley
Special
Oasis Academy Shirley Park
Resourced
Supreme Education AP
Special
Priory School
Special· Good
Bensham Manor School
Special· Outstanding
Showing 30 of 39. Use the SEN Finder to filter and search all of them.

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: Croydon Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.