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SEND in Tower Hamlets

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Tower Hamlets: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 115 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Tower Hamlets'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 weeks39.7%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 593 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
887
Refused (no assessment)
189
Refusal rate21.3%
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
64
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
1.3%
Appealable decisions
4,789
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 weeks11.2%
National: 44.4%
Based on 1,996 review meetings held in 2024. 1,878 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
4,555
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0
Total pupils
46,428

SEN Provision in Tower Hamlets

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
5
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
3
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
9
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Tower Hamlets

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Tower Hamlets
Speech Language & Communication, 52.4% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication52.4%
Autism18.5%
Social Emotional & Mental Health14.4%
Moderate Learning Difficulties7.7%
Specific Learning Difficulties1.9%
Physical Disability1.7%
Hearing Impairment1.3%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.8%
Profound & Multiple LD0.6%
Visual Impairment0.2%
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 Tower Hamlets

15 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Childrens House Nursery School
Resourced
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Resourced· Outstanding
Hermitage Primary School
SEN Unit· Requires Improvement
Bowden House School
Special· Good
Cyril Jackson Primary School
SEN UnitResourced· Outstanding
George Green's School
Resourced· Good
Globe Primary School
Resourced· Outstanding
Phoenix School
Special· Outstanding
Beatrice Tate School
Special· Outstanding
Stephen Hawking School
Special· Outstanding
Bangabandhu Primary School
Resourced· Good
Hague Primary School
Resourced· Good
Elizabeth Selby Infants' School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Brick Lane School
Special
St Paul's Way Trust 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: Tower Hamlets Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.