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SEND in Wiltshire

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Wiltshire: the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 266 schools with their SEN provision.

OFFICIAL LOCAL OFFER
Wiltshire'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 weeks29.5%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 906 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
1,146
Refused (no assessment)
210
Refusal rate18.3%
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
123
Appeal rate
National mean: 2.8%
1.8%
Appealable decisions
6,716
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 weeks27.3%
National: 44.4%
Based on 5,026 review meetings held in 2024. 159 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
6,383
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
0
SEN Support (no EHCP)
0
Total pupils
72,985

SEN Provision in Wiltshire

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
12
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
10
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
34
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Wiltshire

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Wiltshire
Social Emotional & Mental Health, 33.4% of EHCPs
Social Emotional & Mental Health33.4%
Speech Language & Communication30.4%
Autism20.5%
Moderate Learning Difficulties6.8%
Specific Learning Difficulties3.7%
Physical Disability2%
Severe Learning Difficulties1.7%
Hearing Impairment0.6%
Visual Impairment0.4%
Other0.2%
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 Wiltshire

51 schools, special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Studley Green Primary School
SEN UnitResourced
River Mead School
SEN Unit
Silverwood School
Special· Good
Compass Community School Athelstan Park
Special
Kingsbury Green Academy
Resourced· Good
Avon Valley Academy
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Kiwi Primary School
Resourced
Appleford School
Special
Westbury Church of England Junior School
SEN UnitResourced· Requires Improvement
Clarendon Junior School (Clarendon Federation)
Resourced· Good
The Grove Primary School
Resourced· Good
Wansdyke School
SEN Unit· Good
The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre
Resourced· Good
St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury
Resourced· Good
Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary School
Resourced· Good
Lyneham Primary School
Resourced
Castle Mead School
SEN Unit· Good
Greentrees Primary School
SEN UnitResourced· Outstanding
Hardenhuish School
Resourced· Good
The Wellington Academy
Resourced· Good
Bellefield Primary and Nursery School
SEN Unit· Good
St Paul's Primary School
Resourced· Good
The Spires
Special
Wilton CofE Primary School
Resourced· Good
Marden Vale CofE Academy
Resourced· Requires Improvement
Downland School
SpecialResourced· Good
The Clarendon Academy
Resourced· Good
Meadow Bridge School
Special
Kingdown School
Resourced· Good
On Track Education Centre Westbury
Special
Showing 30 of 51. 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: Wiltshire Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.