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SEND in Kirklees

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Kirklees — the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 203 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Kirklees'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 weeks22.9%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 785 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
771
Refused (no assessment)
227
Refusal rate29.4%
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 Kirklees.
Source: HMCTS SENDIST stats ↗

Annual Review Decisions

DfE 2025 release (2024 calendar year) · First published this year
Review decisions within 4 weeks22.5%
National: 44.4%
Based on 2,737 review meetings held in 2024. 930 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
4,475
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
6.4% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
4,114
SEN Support (no EHCP)
22.7% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
14,653
Total pupils
64,590

SEN Provision in Kirklees

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
10
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
3
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
13
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Kirklees

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Kirklees
Speech Language & Communication— 35.6% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication35.6%
Social Emotional & Mental Health27.4%
Autism14.4%
Moderate Learning Difficulties6.2%
Physical Disability3.7%
Severe Learning Difficulties2.4%
Profound & Multiple LD2%
Specific Learning Difficulties1.8%
Visual Impairment1.6%
Hearing Impairment1.2%
Other0.5%
Multi-Sensory Impairment0.1%
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 Kirklees

24 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Fairfield School
Special· Good
Windmill CofE (VC) Primary School
Resourced· Good
Dalton School
Resourced· Good
Southgate School
Special
Netherhall Learning Campus High School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Moor End Academy
Resourced· Outstanding
Ravenshall School
Special· Good
Pivot Academy
Special
Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School
Resourced· Good
Lowerhouses CofE Primary School
Resourced
Fields Rise School
Special
Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School
Resourced· Good
Hollybank School
Special· Outstanding
Woodley School and College
SpecialSEN Unit· Good
Honley High School
Resourced· Good
Edan Court School
Special
Barraclough Hall School
Special
Ethos College
SEN Unit· Outstanding
Becker School
Special
Beaumont Primary Academy
Resourced· Good
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Resourced· Good
Carlinghow Academy
Resourced· Good
Royds Hall, A Share Academy
Resourced· Good
Newsome Academy
SEN UnitResourced· Good

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