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SEND in Lambeth

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Lambeth: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 102 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Lambeth'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 weeks87.2%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 423 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
752
Refused (no assessment)
261
Refusal rate34.7%
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
43
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
1.2%
Appealable decisions
3,601
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 weeks37.2%
National: 44.4%
Based on 2,505 review meetings held in 2024. 407 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
3,316
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0
Total pupils
36,905

SEN Provision in Lambeth

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
7
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
4
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
19
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Lambeth

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Lambeth
Autism, 37.2% of EHCPs
Autism37.2%
Speech Language & Communication29.1%
Social Emotional & Mental Health17.1%
Specific Learning Difficulties6.4%
Other3.6%
Physical Disability2.3%
Severe Learning Difficulties1.3%
Moderate Learning Difficulties1%
Profound & Multiple LD0.8%
Hearing Impairment0.5%
Multi-Sensory Impairment0.5%
Visual 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 Lambeth

28 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Burlington House School Tooting
Special
Oasis Academy South Bank Primary
Resourced· Good
Rosendale Primary School
SEN Unit· Outstanding
Lilian Baylis Technology School
Resourced
Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School
Resourced· Outstanding
Van Gogh Primary
Resourced· Good
Octavia House Schools, London
Special
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School
Resourced· Outstanding
Ethelred Nursery School and Children's Centre
Resourced· Outstanding
Maytree Nursery School
Resourced· Outstanding
Triangle Nursery School
Resourced· Outstanding
Richard Atkins Primary School
Resourced· Good
Allen Edwards Primary School
Resourced· Good
Larkhall Primary Campus
Resourced· Good
Jubilee Primary School
Resourced· Good
The Livity School
Special· Good
Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism
Resourced· Good
Crown Lane Primary School
Resourced· Good
Turney Primary and Secondary Special School
SpecialSEN Unit· Outstanding
Lansdowne School
SpecialSEN Unit· Good
Elm Court School
Special· Outstanding
Heron Academy
SEN Unit· Inadequate
Hill Mead Primary School
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Henry Fawcett Primary School
Resourced· Good
Maypole School (Leigham Court)
Special
Dunraven School
Resourced· Good
London Nautical, City of London Academy
Resourced· Requires Improvement
The Elmgreen 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: Lambeth Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.