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SEND in Warwickshire

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Warwickshire: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 286 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Warwickshire'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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Ofsted rating: Warwickshire's children's services were rated Requires improvement at their last full inspection in October 2025. This rating covers children's social care, not SEND support directly, though SEND provision is scrutinised in separate Area SEND inspections. Note: Ofsted is phasing out headline children's services ratings from April 2026.

EHCP Timeliness

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Issued within 20 weeks21.3%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 1,122 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
1,750
Refused (no assessment)
306
Refusal rate17.5%
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
224
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
3.1%
Appealable decisions
7,190
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 weeks22.0%
National: 44.4%
Based on 5,152 review meetings held in 2024. 508 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
6,868
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0
Total pupils
95,143

SEN Provision in Warwickshire

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
15
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
1
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
38
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Warwickshire

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Warwickshire
Autism, 44.9% of EHCPs
Autism44.9%
Social Emotional & Mental Health24.9%
Speech Language & Communication18.2%
Moderate Learning Difficulties5.1%
Physical Disability2.9%
Other1.7%
Specific Learning Difficulties1%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.4%
Visual Impairment0.4%
Profound & Multiple LD0.2%
Hearing Impairment0.2%
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 Warwickshire

52 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Woodloes Primary School
Resourced
Woodside CofE Primary School
Resourced· Good
Nunhold House Outdoor Learning Centre
Special
Arc School Napton
Special
Studley Infants' School
Resourced
Cawston Grange Primary School
Resourced· Good
Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary School
Resourced· Good
Chestnut Place
Special
Dunnington CofE Primary School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Arc School Old Arley
Special
Rokeby Primary School
Resourced· Good
Myton Gardens
Resourced
Shipston-on-Stour Primary School
Resourced· Good
Lillington Primary School
Resourced· Good
Queen's Church of England Academy
Resourced· Good
Fortitude School
Special
Stockingford Academy
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Birchwood Primary School
Resourced· Outstanding
Higham Lane North Academy
Resourced
Abbey CofE Infant School
Resourced
St Andrew's Benn CofE (Voluntary Aided) Primary School
Resourced· Good
The Haven School Wolston
Special
Ashcroft School
Special
Venture Academy
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Rugby Free Secondary School
Resourced· Good
Exhall Grange Specialist School
SpecialResourced· Good
Outwoods Primary School
Resourced· Good
Brickyard Barn Outdoor Learning Centre
Special
Nursery Hill Primary School
Resourced· Good
Thomas Jolyffe Primary School
Resourced· Good
Showing 30 of 52. 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: Warwickshire Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.