Requests for an education, health and care needs assessment received during the calendar year - Legacy
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The number of requests for an EHC needs assessment carried out each year. This is shown by request, mediation/tribunals, and statutory timeframes. Data is shown on a calendar year basis.
Data is shown on a calendar year basis.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Education, health and care plans
- Release
- Reporting year 2026
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 20,513
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Total requests for an EHC needs assessment
- of which: requests where the child or young person is in relevant youth accommodation
- Number of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment
- Number of requests where LA decided not to proceed with an assessment
- Number of requests withdrawn
- Number of requests ongoing
- Percentage of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment
- Percentage of requests where LA decided not to proceed with an assessment
- Percentage of requests withdrawn
- Percentage of requests ongoing
- Number of requests where decision made within 6 weeks
- Number of requests where decision made after 6 weeks
- Percentage of requests where decision made within 6 weeks
- Percentage of requests where decision made after 6 weeks
- Number of requests subject to a tribunal
- Number of requests subject to mediation
- Number of requests where tribunal followed mediation
- Filters
- Characteristics of request or child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested
- Time period
- 2019 to 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | new_la_code | old_la_code | la_name | breakdown_topic | breakdown | requests_received_in_year | requests_rya | requests_decided_to_assess | requests_decided_not_to_assess | requests_decision_not_made | requests_withdrawn | request_assess_pc | request_not_assess_pc | request_outstanding_pc | request_withdrawn_pc | request_outcome_six_weeks | request_outcome_over_6_weeks | request_outcome_six_weeks_pc | request_outcome_over_6_weeks_pc | mediation_related_request | tribunal_related_request | tribunal_after_mediation_request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | 82329 | 16 | x | 18755 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| 2019 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | 4033 | 3 | x | 1110 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 2019 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | 10942 | 0 | x | 2214 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 2019 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | 7239 | 2 | x | 1556 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| 2019 | Calendar year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | All requests for an EHC needs assessment | 6356 | 2 | x | 1023 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Characteristics of request or child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested - Filter by characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested |
| mediation_related_request | Number of requests subject to mediation |
| request_assess_pc | Percentage of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment |
| request_not_assess_pc | Percentage of requests where LA decided not to proceed with an assessment |
| request_outcome_over_6_weeks | Number of requests where decision made after 6 weeks |
| request_outcome_over_6_weeks_pc | Percentage of requests where decision made after 6 weeks |
| request_outcome_six_weeks | Number of requests where decision made within 6 weeks |
| request_outcome_six_weeks_pc | Percentage of requests where decision made within 6 weeks |
| request_outstanding_pc | Percentage of requests ongoing |
| request_withdrawn_pc | Percentage of requests withdrawn |
| requests_decided_not_to_assess | Number of requests where LA decided not to proceed with an assessment |
| requests_decided_to_assess | Number of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment |
| requests_decision_not_made | Number of requests ongoing |
| requests_received_in_year | Total requests for an EHC needs assessment |
| requests_rya | of which: requests where the child or young person is in relevant youth accommodation |
| requests_withdrawn | Number of requests withdrawn |
| tribunal_after_mediation_request | Number of requests where tribunal followed mediation |
| tribunal_related_request | Number of requests subject to a tribunal |
Footnotes
- Age is calculated as on the date the request for the EHC needs assessment was received.
- Barnet have informed us that the data submitted on tribunals following requests for an EHC needs assessment was incorrect. Information on tribunals relating to requests for an EHC needs assessment has therefore been supressed.
- Leicester were unable to provide request or assessment dates in the 2026 data collection. This will affect calculation of assessments, requests and the numbers of plans issued within 20 weeks during the 2025 calendar year. Where "no data" is shown no dates were returned.
- Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.
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