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SEND in Surrey

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

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Surrey'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 weeks40.6%
National average: 45.9%
Based on 2,134 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
3,022
Refused (no assessment)
1,050
Refusal rate34.7%
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 Surrey.
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
16,069
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
7.5% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
13,207
SEN Support (no EHCP)
19.3% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
34,020
Total pupils
176,398

SEN Provision in Surrey

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
38
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
39
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
19
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Schools with SEN provision in Surrey

92 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Bletchingley Village Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
St Piers School
Special· Good
Hinchley Wood School
SEN Unit· Outstanding
Auriol Junior School
Resourced
de Stafford School
Resourced· Good
St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Resourced· Good
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
SEN Unit
Ashford Park Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Salesian School, Chertsey
Resourced
Sythwood Primary and Nursery School
Resourced
Aurora Redehall School
SpecialSEN Unit
Epsom Downs Community School & Early Years Centres
SEN Unit
Castle Garden School
Special
Walsh CofE Junior School
SEN Unit· Requires Improvement
St Matthew's CofE Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Badshot Lea Village Infant School
SEN Unit· Good
Hythe Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Tomlinscote School
Resourced· Outstanding
Holland Junior School
SEN Unit· Good
Minerva May School
Special
Leith Hill School
Special
The Mead Infant and Nursery School
Resourced· Inadequate
Oxted School
Resourced· Good
Portesbery School
Special· Good
Woodfield School
Special· Good
The Orchard Infant School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
The Children's Trust School
Special· Outstanding
The Grove Primary Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Cuddington Community Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Burstow Park School
Special
Showing 30 of 92. 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: Surrey Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.