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SEND in Tameside

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Tameside — the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 111 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Tameside's SEND Local Offer
Services, support, education, health and social care for 0–25s with SEND
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Ofsted rating: Tameside's children's services are currently rated Inadequate. This means Ofsted has concerns about some services for children. It does not directly reflect SEND support, but SEND provision is often scrutinised in separate Area SEND inspections.

EHCP Timeliness

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Issued within 20 weeks29.4%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 876 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
1,052
Refused (no assessment)
29
Refusal rate2.8%
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

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

Annual Review Decisions

DfE 2025 release (2024 calendar year) · First published this year
Review decisions within 4 weeks15.6%
National: 44.4%
Based on 2,423 review meetings held in 2024. 248 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
3,473
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
7.2% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
2,365
SEN Support (no EHCP)
21.1% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
6,944
Total pupils
32,977

SEN Provision in Tameside

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
6
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
9
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
11
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Tameside

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Tameside
Speech Language & Communication— 34.1% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication34.1%
Social Emotional & Mental Health29.3%
Other7.8%
Moderate Learning Difficulties5.3%
Specific Learning Difficulties4.4%
Autism4%
Profound & Multiple LD0.9%
Physical Disability0.8%
Hearing Impairment0.4%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.3%
Visual 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 Tameside

24 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Minds Education
Special
Russell Scott Primary School
Resourced· Good
Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision
SEN Unit
Stansfield House
Special
St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Denton
Resourced· Good
Peak Forest
Special
Dixons Pennine Academy
Resourced· Good
Greenside Primary School
Resourced· Good
Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Tame Bank
Special
Corrie Primary School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
St Mary's RC Primary School
SEN Unit
Samuel Laycock School
Resourced
The Limes School
Special
St James' Church of England Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Brambles School
Special
Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired Base
Resourced· Good
Dixons Silver Springs Primary
SEN Unit· Good
Endeavour Primary Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Greenfield Primary Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Dane Bank Primary School
Resourced· Good
St Thomas More RC College
Resourced· Good
Hyde High School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
St George's CofE Primary School
SEN Unit· 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: Tameside Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.