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SEND in Hampshire

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Hampshire: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 500 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Hampshire'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 weeks41.0%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 2,340 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
3,932
Refused (no assessment)
887
Refusal rate22.6%
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
659
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
3.5%
Appealable decisions
18,873
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 weeks32.5%
National: 44.4%
Based on 13,798 review meetings held in 2024. 1,117 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
17,784
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0.0% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
3
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0.0% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
16
Total pupils
149,630

SEN Provision in Hampshire

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
48
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
5
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
54
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Hampshire

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Hampshire
Social Emotional & Mental Health, 34.2% of EHCPs
Social Emotional & Mental Health34.2%
Autism27.6%
Speech Language & Communication24.3%
Moderate Learning Difficulties7.5%
Specific Learning Difficulties2.4%
Physical Disability1.7%
Hearing Impairment0.7%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.5%
Visual Impairment0.5%
Profound & Multiple LD0.4%
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 Hampshire

100 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
New Forest School
Special
Hurst Lodge School
Special
Kings Copse Primary School
Resourced· Good
Elysian, Liss
Special
Napier School
Special
St Mark's Church of England Primary School
Resourced· Good
Dibden Park School
Special
Inclusion School Aldershot
Special
Cove School
Resourced
Bower Lodge School
Special
Limington House School
Special
Clay Hill School
SpecialSEN Unit
Maple Ridge School
Special
New Forest Alternative Provision
Special
Hiltingbury Junior School
Resourced· Good
Bushy Leaze Early Years Centre
Resourced
Icknield School
Special· Outstanding
Inclusion School
Special
Wildground Junior School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
South Farnborough Junior School
Resourced· Outstanding
The Wavell School
Resourced
St Francis Special School
Special· Good
The Cowplain School
Resourced· Good
Liss Junior School
Resourced· Good
Oak Lodge School
Special· Good
The Loddon School
Special
Lakeside School
Special· Outstanding
Fareham Academy
Resourced· Good
Wolverdene Special School
Special· Good
The Mark Way School
Special· Outstanding
Showing 30 of 100. 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: Hampshire Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.