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SEND in Gloucestershire

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Gloucestershire — the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 341 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Gloucestershire'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 weeks26.1%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 910 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
1,625
Refused (no assessment)
457
Refusal rate28.1%
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

Appeals against LA decisions
Tribunal data not yet imported for Gloucestershire.
Source: DfE EES ↗

Annual Review Decisions

DfE 2025 release (2024 calendar year) · First published this year
Review decisions within 4 weeks71.6%
National: 44.4%
Based on 4,602 review meetings held in 2024. 805 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
6,412
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
6.1% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
6,172
SEN Support (no EHCP)
20.0% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
20,273
Total pupils
101,415

SEN Provision in Gloucestershire

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
13
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
8
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
10
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Gloucestershire

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Gloucestershire
Social Emotional & Mental Health— 31.7% of EHCPs
Social Emotional & Mental Health31.7%
Speech Language & Communication31.2%
Moderate Learning Difficulties18%
Autism13.4%
Physical Disability2.5%
Specific Learning Difficulties1.1%
Profound & Multiple LD0.7%
Hearing Impairment0.4%
Visual Impairment0.4%
Multi-Sensory Impairment0.3%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.1%
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 Gloucestershire

28 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Belong School Gloucestershire
Special
Heart of the Forest Community Special School
SpecialResourced· Good
The Shrubberies School
Special· Good
Gastrells Community Primary School
Resourced
Hartmore School
Special
Cotswold Chine School
Special
Norton College Tewkesbury
Special
Paternoster School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Willow Primary Academy
SEN Unit· Good
The Dean Academy
Resourced· Good
Longford Park Primary Academy
Resourced· Good
Ruardean Church of England Primary School
Resourced· Good
St Rose's Special School
Special· Good
William Morris School
Special
Farmor's School
SEN Unit· Good
Christ Church CofE Primary School
Resourced· Outstanding
Alderman Knight School
Special· Outstanding
National Star College
Resourced
Bettridge School
Special· Good
St Edward's School
SEN Unit
Peak Academy
SEN Unit
The Milestone School
SEN UnitResourced· Outstanding
Aurora Severnside School
Special
Brookthorpe Hall School
Special
Valley Bridge School
Special
Chesterton Primary School
SEN Unit
Sladewood Academy
SEN Unit
Brook Academy
Resourced

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