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Special educational needs

Special educational needs plans issued on time

New education, health and care (EHC) plans issued within the legal limit of 20 weeks. 2025. Higher is better. Source: Department for Education: Education, health and care plans.

Hartlepool: 21.4%, bottom quarterMiddlesbrough: 93.3%, top quarterRedcar and Cleveland: 19.9%, bottom quarterStockton-on-Tees: 52.9%, third quarterKingston upon Hull: 37.4%, third quarterEast Riding of Yorkshire: 92.9%, top quarterDarlington: 81.5%, second quarterHalton: 94.7%, top quarterSlough: 30.5%, third quarterWarrington: 73.6%, second quarterBlackburn with Darwen: 79.9%, second quarterBlackpool: 55.0%, third quarterNorth East Lincolnshire: 98.6%, top quarterYork: 98.5%, top quarterDerby: 52.6%, third quarterNorth Lincolnshire: 70.4%, second quarterLeicester: no figureRutland: 80.7%, second quarterNottingham: 30.2%, bottom quarterHerefordshire: 57.0%, third quarterTelford and Wrekin: 97.3%, top quarterStoke-on-Trent: 58.7%, third quarterLuton: 29.1%, bottom quarterBath and North East Somerset: 33.2%, third quarterSouthend-on-Sea: 47.0%, third quarterBristol: 6.8%, bottom quarterBrentwood: not coveredNorth Somerset: 96.0%, top quarterWorcester: not coveredSouth Gloucestershire: 56.6%, third quarterBrent: 69.7%, second quarterPlymouth: 10.2%, bottom quarterThurrock: 35.4%, third quarterMedway: 21.4%, bottom quarterTorbay: 27.1%, bottom quarterBracknell Forest: 100.0%, top quarterKingston upon Thames: 97.2%, top quarterSwindon: 11.8%, bottom quarterPeterborough: 66.0%, second quarterWest Berkshire: 25.2%, bottom quarterReading: 62.5%, second quarterWindsor and Maidenhead: 100.0%, top quarterWokingham: 43.0%, third quarterLambeth: 89.1%, top quarterMilton Keynes: 11.5%, bottom quarterBrighton and Hove: 57.4%, third quarterBromley: 71.3%, second quarterPortsmouth: 42.9%, third quarterSouthampton: 80.0%, second quarterIsle of Wight: 12.5%, bottom quarterCounty Durham: 77.6%, second quarterCheshire East: 23.9%, bottom quarterCheshire West and Chester: 22.1%, bottom quarterShropshire: 11.9%, bottom quarterCornwall: 34.1%, third quarterIsles of Scilly: not coveredWiltshire: 61.6%, second quarterCamden: 73.0%, second quarterBedford: 94.3%, top quarterCentral Bedfordshire: 56.3%, third quarterNorthumberland: 81.4%, second quarterBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 69.0%, second quarterDorset: 78.2%, second quarterBuckinghamshire: no figureCumberland: 6.7%, bottom quarterWestmorland and Furness: 72.0%, second quarterNorth Yorkshire: no figureSomerset: no figureCroydon: 61.2%, second quarterCambridge: not coveredEast Cambridgeshire: not coveredBasildon: not coveredFenland: not coveredBolsover: not coveredHuntingdonshire: not coveredEaling: 52.2%, third quarterSouth Cambridgeshire: not coveredChesterfield: not coveredDerbyshire Dales: not coveredAmber Valley: not coveredErewash: not coveredHigh Peak: not coveredExeter: not coveredMid Devon: not coveredNorth Devon: not coveredSouth Hams: not coveredNorth East Derbyshire: not coveredEastbourne: not coveredSouth Derbyshire: not coveredHastings: not coveredEast Devon: not coveredTeignbridge: not coveredTorridge: not coveredWest Devon: not coveredLewes: not coveredEnfield: 67.2%, second quarterRother: not coveredWealden: not coveredGreenwich: 31.2%, third quarterBraintree: not coveredHackney: 32.8%, third quarterCastle Point: not coveredChelmsford: not coveredColchester: not coveredEpping Forest: not coveredHarlow: not coveredMaldon: not coveredFareham: not coveredRochford: not coveredTendring: not coveredUttlesford: not coveredCheltenham: not coveredCotswold: not coveredHammersmith and Fulham: 87.2%, top quarterForest of Dean: not coveredGloucester: not coveredStroud: not coveredGosport: not coveredTewkesbury: not coveredHaringey: 89.6%, top quarterBasingstoke and Deane: not coveredHart: not coveredEast Hampshire: not coveredEastleigh: not coveredHavant: not coveredNew Forest: not coveredRushmoor: not coveredWatford: not coveredTest Valley: not coveredHarrow: 88.2%, top quarterWinchester: not coveredBroxbourne: not coveredDacorum: not coveredHertsmere: not coveredBurnley: not coveredNorth Hertfordshire: not coveredThree Rivers: not coveredAshford: not coveredPendle: not coveredCanterbury: not coveredDartford: not coveredDover: not coveredGravesham: not coveredMaidstone: not coveredPreston: not coveredSevenoaks: not coveredWelwyn Hatfield: not coveredFolkestone and Hythe: not coveredSwale: not coveredThanet: not coveredTonbridge and Malling: not coveredRochdale: 49.3%, third quarterTunbridge Wells: not coveredChorley: not coveredSouth Ribble: not coveredFylde: not coveredHyndburn: not coveredLancaster: not coveredSalford: 54.9%, third quarterRibble Valley: not coveredRossendale: not coveredWest Lancashire: not coveredLewisham: 22.9%, bottom quarterWyre: not coveredBlaby: not coveredCharnwood: not coveredHarborough: not coveredHinckley and Bosworth: not coveredNorth West Leicestershire: not coveredMelton: not coveredOadby and Wigston: not coveredMerton: 95.6%, top quarterBoston: not coveredEast Lindsey: not coveredLincoln: not coveredSt. Helens: 59.6%, second quarterNorth Kesteven: not coveredNorth Northamptonshire: 56.5%, third quarterSouth Holland: not coveredAshfield: not coveredSouth Kesteven: not coveredGedling: not coveredWest Lindsey: not coveredBreckland: not coveredBroadland: not coveredGreat Yarmouth: not coveredKing's Lynn and West Norfolk: not coveredNorth Norfolk: not coveredNorwich: not coveredSouth Norfolk: not coveredWest Northamptonshire: 7.9%, bottom quarterMansfield: not coveredOxford: not coveredCannock Chase: not coveredBassetlaw: not coveredBroxtowe: not coveredNewark and Sherwood: not coveredIpswich: not coveredRushcliffe: not coveredElmbridge: not coveredEpsom and Ewell: not coveredCherwell: not coveredSouth Oxfordshire: not coveredVale of White Horse: not coveredRunnymede: not coveredWest Oxfordshire: not coveredSpelthorne: not coveredEast Staffordshire: not coveredLichfield: not coveredSurrey Heath: not coveredNewham: 31.5%, third quarterNewcastle-under-Lyme: not coveredTandridge: not coveredSouth Staffordshire: not coveredHavering: 32.0%, third quarterStafford: not coveredRedbridge: 27.9%, bottom quarterStaffordshire Moorlands: not coveredTamworth: not coveredBabergh: not coveredMid Suffolk: not coveredWandsworth: 100.0%, top quarterGuildford: not coveredManchester: 74.2%, second quarterMole Valley: not coveredReigate and Banstead: not coveredWestminster: 92.9%, top quarterWaverley: not coveredWoking: not coveredNorth Warwickshire: not coveredNuneaton and Bedworth: not coveredOldham: 76.9%, second quarterRugby: not coveredStratford-on-Avon: not coveredBromsgrove: not coveredWarwick: not coveredAdur: not coveredMalvern Hills: not coveredArun: not coveredChichester: not coveredCrawley: not coveredHorsham: not coveredMid Sussex: not coveredWorthing: not coveredRedditch: not coveredWychavon: not coveredWyre Forest: not coveredSt Albans: not coveredEast Hertfordshire: not coveredStevenage: not coveredEast Suffolk: not coveredWest Suffolk: not coveredNorth Tyneside: 26.0%, bottom quarterBolton: 86.0%, top quarterBury: 98.1%, top quarterSouth Tyneside: 92.0%, top quarterStockport: 18.1%, bottom quarterTameside: 30.3%, third quarterTrafford: 47.4%, third quarterWigan: 21.9%, bottom quarterKnowsley: 86.4%, top quarterLiverpool: 97.3%, top quarterSefton: 42.9%, third quarterWirral: 8.2%, bottom quarterBarnsley: 98.6%, top quarterSunderland: 59.4%, second quarterDoncaster: 83.9%, second quarterRotherham: 79.4%, second quarterSheffield: 27.8%, bottom quarterNewcastle upon Tyne: 21.8%, bottom quarterBirmingham: 37.1%, third quarterCoventry: 37.6%, third quarterHillingdon: 77.6%, second quarterDudley: 25.1%, bottom quarterSandwell: 29.8%, bottom quarterHounslow: 58.4%, third quarterIslington: 85.8%, top quarterSolihull: 74.0%, second quarterWalsall: 96.3%, top quarterWolverhampton: 19.6%, bottom quarterBradford: 86.5%, top quarterCalderdale: 94.1%, top quarterKirklees: 62.8%, second quarterWakefield: 80.2%, second quarterLeeds: 7.3%, bottom quarterBexley: 65.9%, second quarterGateshead: 83.7%, second quarterCity of London: not coveredBarking and Dagenham: 27.2%, bottom quarterBarnet: 100.0%, top quarterKensington and Chelsea: 97.9%, top quarterRichmond upon Thames: 96.5%, top quarterSouthwark: 42.8%, third quarterSutton: 96.0%, top quarterTower Hamlets: 46.0%, third quarterWaltham Forest: 25.7%, bottom quarter
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Each council is the same size, so London is easy to see. Map layout by Open Innovations.

Every council, highest first
Position Council Figure
1 Barnet 100.0%
1 Bracknell Forest 100.0%
1 Wandsworth 100.0%
1 Windsor and Maidenhead 100.0%
5 Barnsley 98.6%
5 North East Lincolnshire 98.6%
7 York 98.5%
8 Bury 98.1%
9 Kensington and Chelsea 97.9%
10 Liverpool 97.3%
10 Telford and Wrekin 97.3%
12 Kingston upon Thames 97.2%
13 Richmond upon Thames 96.5%
14 Walsall 96.3%
15 North Somerset 96.0%
15 Sutton 96.0%
17 Merton 95.6%
18 Halton 94.7%
19 Bedford 94.3%
20 Calderdale 94.1%
21 Middlesbrough 93.3%
22 East Riding of Yorkshire 92.9%
22 Westminster 92.9%
24 South Tyneside 92.0%
25 Haringey 89.6%
26 Lambeth 89.1%
27 Harrow 88.2%
28 Hammersmith and Fulham 87.2%
29 Bradford 86.5%
30 Knowsley 86.4%
31 Bolton 86.0%
32 Islington 85.8%
33 Doncaster 83.9%
34 Gateshead 83.7%
35 Darlington 81.5%
36 Northumberland 81.4%
37 Rutland 80.7%
38 Wakefield 80.2%
39 Southampton 80.0%
40 Blackburn with Darwen 79.9%
41 Rotherham 79.4%
42 Dorset 78.2%
43 County Durham 77.6%
43 Hillingdon 77.6%
45 Oldham 76.9%
46 Manchester 74.2%
47 Solihull 74.0%
48 Warrington 73.6%
49 Camden 73.0%
50 Westmorland and Furness 72.0%
51 Bromley 71.3%
52 North Lincolnshire 70.4%
53 Brent 69.7%
54 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 69.0%
55 Enfield 67.2%
56 Peterborough 66.0%
57 Bexley 65.9%
58 Kirklees 62.8%
59 Reading 62.5%
60 Wiltshire 61.6%
61 Croydon 61.2%
62 St. Helens 59.6%
63 Sunderland 59.4%
64 Stoke-on-Trent 58.7%
65 Hounslow 58.4%
66 Brighton and Hove 57.4%
67 Herefordshire 57.0%
68 South Gloucestershire 56.6%
69 North Northamptonshire 56.5%
70 Central Bedfordshire 56.3%
71 Blackpool 55.0%
72 Salford 54.9%
73 Stockton-on-Tees 52.9%
74 Derby 52.6%
75 Ealing 52.2%
76 Rochdale 49.3%
77 Trafford 47.4%
78 Southend-on-Sea 47.0%
79 Tower Hamlets 46.0%
80 Wokingham 43.0%
81 Portsmouth 42.9%
81 Sefton 42.9%
83 Southwark 42.8%
84 Coventry 37.6%
85 Kingston upon Hull 37.4%
86 Birmingham 37.1%
87 Thurrock 35.4%
88 Cornwall 34.1%
89 Bath and North East Somerset 33.2%
90 Hackney 32.8%
91 Havering 32.0%
92 Newham 31.5%
93 Greenwich 31.2%
94 Slough 30.5%
95 Tameside 30.3%
96 Nottingham 30.2%
97 Sandwell 29.8%
98 Luton 29.1%
99 Redbridge 27.9%
100 Sheffield 27.8%
101 Barking and Dagenham 27.2%
102 Torbay 27.1%
103 North Tyneside 26.0%
104 Waltham Forest 25.7%
105 West Berkshire 25.2%
106 Dudley 25.1%
107 Cheshire East 23.9%
108 Lewisham 22.9%
109 Cheshire West and Chester 22.1%
110 Wigan 21.9%
111 Newcastle upon Tyne 21.8%
112 Hartlepool 21.4%
112 Medway 21.4%
114 Redcar and Cleveland 19.9%
115 Wolverhampton 19.6%
116 Stockport 18.1%
117 Isle of Wight 12.5%
118 Shropshire 11.9%
119 Swindon 11.8%
120 Milton Keynes 11.5%
121 Plymouth 10.2%
122 Wirral 8.2%
123 West Northamptonshire 7.9%
124 Leeds 7.3%
125 Bristol 6.8%
126 Cumberland 6.7%

No figure for: Buckinghamshire, Leicester, North Yorkshire, Somerset.