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SEND in North Yorkshire

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about North Yorkshire: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 386 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
North Yorkshire'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 weeks24.6%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 678 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
1,234
Refused (no assessment)
306
Refusal rate24.8%
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
273
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
4.4%
Appealable decisions
6,144
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 weeks14.3%
National: 44.4%
Based on 3,984 review meetings held in 2024. 621 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
5,486
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0.0% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
4
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0.0% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
37
Total pupils
86,224

SEN Provision in North Yorkshire

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
12
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
6
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
19
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in North Yorkshire

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in North Yorkshire
Autism, 34.3% of EHCPs
Autism34.3%
Social Emotional & Mental Health27.9%
Speech Language & Communication23.2%
Moderate Learning Difficulties6.1%
Physical Disability3.4%
Visual Impairment0.9%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.7%
Hearing Impairment0.7%
Specific Learning Difficulties0.6%
Profound & Multiple LD0.6%
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 North Yorkshire

35 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
East Whitby Primary Academy
Resourced
St John Fisher Catholic Academy
SEN Unit
Brayton Church of England Primary School
Resourced· Good
Dishforth Airfield Community Primary School
Resourced· Outstanding
West Cliff Primary School
Resourced· Good
Alverton Primary School
Resourced· Good
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary School
Resourced· Good
Norton Community Primary School
Resourced· Good
Richmond School & Sixth Form College
Resourced· Good
Fenton Grange School
Special
Beckwithshaw Community Primary School
Resourced· Good
Forest Moor School
SEN Unit· Good
Barlby High School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Henshaws College
Resourced
Cedar House School
Special
Mowbray Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School
Resourced· Good
Brooklands School
Special· Good
Springhead School
Special· Outstanding
Breckenbrough School
Special· Good
Welburn Hall School
Special· Good
The Dales School
Special· Good
Strive for Education
Special
Whitby School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
The Rubicon Centre
Resourced· Good
Stonegate School
Special
Cambian Spring Hill
SpecialSEN Unit
Cambian Scarborough School
SpecialSEN Unit
Clervaux Garden School
Special
Brompton Hall School
Resourced· Inadequate
Showing 30 of 35. 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: North Yorkshire Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.