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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 0–25s with SEND
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EHCP Timeliness

Latest DfE data (2024)
Issued within 20 weeks41.0%
National average: 45.9%
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 requests data (2024)
Requests received
3,932
Refused (no assessment)
887
Refusal rate22.6%
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 Hampshire.
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
17,784
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
8.8% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
13,183
SEN Support (no EHCP)
20.0% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
29,890
Total pupils
149,695

SEN Provision in Hampshire

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
47
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
5
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
53
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Hampshire

DfE data (2024/25)
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

98 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
New Forest School
Special
Clay Hill School
SpecialSEN Unit
Wildground Junior School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
South Farnborough Junior School
Resourced
Hiltingbury Junior School
Resourced· Good
Kings Copse Primary School
Resourced· Good
Hurst Lodge School
Special
Limington House School
Special· Good
Napier School
Special
Dibden Park School
Special
Inclusion School Aldershot
Special
Bower Lodge School
Special
The Cowplain School
Resourced· Good
Maple Ridge School
Special· Good
New Forest Alternative Provision
Special
The Wavell School
Resourced· Good
Bushy Leaze Early Years Centre
Resourced· Good
Cove School
Resourced
Icknield School
Special· Outstanding
Inclusion School
Special
Elysian, Liss
Special
St Francis Special School
Special· Good
Liss Junior School
Resourced· Good
Oak Lodge School
Special· Good
The Loddon School
Special
Lakeside School
Special· Outstanding
Norman Gate School
Special· Good
Fareham Academy
Resourced· Good
Wolverdene Special School
Special· Good
The Mark Way School
Special· Outstanding
Showing 30 of 98. 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.