I would like to make the following request about children with Special Educational Needs applying for a place in a special school. This is not just children who have a Statement, EHC or Coordinated Support Plan - but all applications of this nature. I have asked for the results to be broken down between 2018-2021, however if the data is not available within this timeframe, please do give the most recent data.

1. How many requests have you had asking for a child with Special Educational Needs to leave a mainstream school and be placed in a special school for those with special educational needs, in your local authority, in the following financial years?
a) 2018/19
b) 2019/20
c) 2020/21

2. How many of the requests in Question 1 were for;
a) Independent Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

b) Grant aided Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

c) Education authority special schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

3. How many requests in Question 2 were approved. Please break down by school type and year

a) Independent Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

b) Grant aided Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

c) Education authority special schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

4. How many of those refused a placement by the Local authority made it to a tribunal? Please break this down by school type

a) Independent Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

b) Grant aided Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

c) Education authority special schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

5. How many tribunals found in favour of the applicant? Please break this down by school type and year;

a) Independent Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

b) Grant aided Schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

c) Education authority special schools
i. 2018/19
ii. 2019/20
iii. 2020/21

The Special Educational Needs (SEN) service have advised that they do not have a report to extract this data and it would have to be manually collated. Over a 40 week period they believe there is an average of 20 cases so 800 documents plus decision sheets to read. At a minute per question, this would take 70 hours to complete the request so exceeds the appropriate limit set out in Section 12.