For each of the last two calendar years (2023 and 2024) could you please provide me with:

1. The total number of applications to attend a special school (by which I mean a school that caters specifically for students with special educational needs) that have been rejected by your local authority?
The Council are applying Section 12(1) to this request. This would take over 18 hours to complete the request.

There are 208 panel agendas that would need to be manually reviewed. This would take seven minutes per record on average to read and therefore a little over 24 hours to complete your request.