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SEND in Bury

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Bury — the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 94 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Bury's SEND Local Offer
Services, support, education, health and social care for 0–25s with SEND
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Ofsted rating: Bury's children's services are currently rated Requires improvement. 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

Latest DfE data (2024)
Issued within 20 weeks99.0%
National average: 45.9%
Based on 296 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 requests data (2024)
Requests received
560
Refused (no assessment)
184
Refusal rate32.9%
National: 25.2%
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 Bury.
Source: HMCTS SENDIST stats ↗

SEN Population

Pupils across all schools in this LA
Live EHCPs maintained (2024/25)
Total EHCPs in force across the LA
2,804
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
8.1% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
2,344
SEN Support (no EHCP)
30.4% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
8,824
Total pupils
29,015

SEN Provision in Bury

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
5
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
7
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
10
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Bury

DfE data (2024/25)
Most common need in Bury
Speech Language & Communication— 40.4% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication40.4%
Social Emotional & Mental Health26.9%
Autism21.3%
Moderate Learning Difficulties5.3%
Physical Disability2.8%
Specific Learning Difficulties1.4%
Hearing Impairment0.8%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.3%
Profound & Multiple LD0.3%
Visual Impairment0.3%
Multi-Sensory Impairment0.3%
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 Bury

19 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Hoyle Nursery School
SEN Unit· Good
East Ward Community Primary School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Brookhaven School
SEN Unit
Higher Lane Primary School
Resourced· Good
Forestwood School
SpecialSEN UnitResourced
Summerseat Methodist Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Cambian Chesham House School
Special
Millwood Primary Special School
Special· Outstanding
Unsworth Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Woodhey High School
Resourced
Tottington High School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Mersey Drive Community Primary School
Resourced· Good
Tottington Primary School
Resourced· Good
Cloughside College
Special· Good
Peel Brow School
SEN Unit· Requires Improvement
Chantlers Primary School
Resourced· Good
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury
Resourced· Good
Woodbank Primary School
Resourced· Good
Mill School - Bury
Special

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: Bury Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.