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SEND in Coventry

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Coventry: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 128 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Coventry'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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EHCP Timeliness

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Issued within 20 weeks63.4%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 686 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
1,144
Refused (no assessment)
288
Refusal rate25.2%
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
123
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
3.2%
Appealable decisions
3,805
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 weeks37.0%
National: 44.4%
Based on 2,699 review meetings held in 2024. 104 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
3,477
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0
Total pupils
63,014

SEN Provision in Coventry

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
4
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
0
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
9
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Coventry

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Coventry
Autism, 32.3% of EHCPs
Autism32.3%
Speech Language & Communication29.8%
Social Emotional & Mental Health21.8%
Moderate Learning Difficulties8.1%
Specific Learning Difficulties2.1%
Physical Disability1.6%
Severe Learning Difficulties1.3%
Profound & Multiple LD1.3%
Hearing Impairment0.9%
Visual Impairment0.6%
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 Coventry

13 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Tiverton School
Special
Hearsall Community Academy
Resourced· Good
President Kennedy School Academy
Resourced· Outstanding
Sherbourne Fields School
Special· Outstanding
Park View
Special
Longford Park Primary School
Resourced
Aldermoor Farm Primary School
Resourced· Good
Castle Wood Special School
Special· Requires Improvement
Howes Community Primary School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Whittle Academy
Resourced· Good
Courthouse Green Primary School
Resourced· Outstanding
Alderman's Green Primary School
Resourced· Good
Stoke Park School
Resourced· 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: Coventry Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.