Requests for an EHC needs assessment by council, England

Requests for an education, health and care needs assessment to each of England's 153 councils with education duties in the calendar year, and those it decided to assess and not to assess, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

162,702

2025 · Requests

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC

Requests for an EHC needs assessment by council, England

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

163 rows

Area	Requests	Decided to assess	Decided not to assess
Kent E10000016	4,401	2,051	2,122
Essex E10000012	4,307	2,410	1,035
Hampshire E10000014	4,159	3,111	836
Lancashire E10000017	3,630	2,634	918
Leeds E08000035	3,424	2,770	353
Hertfordshire E10000015	3,340	2,078	909
Surrey E10000030	3,283	2,453	537
West Sussex E10000032	2,834	1,773	778
Birmingham E08000025	2,726	1,723	779
Derbyshire E10000007	2,682	1,291	1,352
Suffolk E10000029	2,609	2,040	490
Staffordshire E10000028	2,427	1,387	872
Norfolk E10000020	2,382	1,972	347
Devon E10000008	2,329	983	1,223
Manchester E08000003	2,269	1,601	520
Warwickshire E10000031	2,204	1,544	512
Liverpool E08000012	2,119	1,273	742
Bradford E08000032	2,070	1,288	489
Leicestershire E10000018	2,000	1,272	519
Lincolnshire E10000019	1,988	1,129	743
Cambridgeshire E10000003	1,978	1,732	142
Worcestershire E10000034	1,973	1,548	297
Oxfordshire E10000025	1,801	1,389	390
Nottinghamshire E10000024	1,762	1,115	481
Buckinghamshire E10000002 the former county's code	1,754	1,284	302
Gloucestershire E10000013	1,734	987	571
West Northamptonshire E06000062	1,575	856	628
Cornwall E06000052	1,544	812	484
Bristol, City of E06000023	1,471	1,136	239
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	1,454	1,219	139
Somerset E10000027 the former county's code	1,437	906	438
North Yorkshire E10000023 the former county's code	1,412	1,087	210
Wirral E08000015	1,401	1,023	272
North Northamptonshire E06000061	1,383	1,042	234
Croydon E09000008	1,367	1,018	182
Sandwell E08000028	1,286	909	179
East Sussex E10000011	1,216	581	599
Wiltshire E06000054	1,209	789	334
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	1,182	783	357
Medway E06000035	1,159	802	219
County Durham E06000047	1,157	635	394
Coventry E08000026	1,156	623	315
Plymouth E06000026	1,126	650	277
Bromley E09000006	1,122	759	296
Rotherham E08000018	1,105	813	288
Cheshire East E06000049	1,065	832	175
Salford E08000006	1,052	630	307
Wigan E08000010	1,052	741	290
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	1,029	567	417
Enfield E09000010	1,025	759	210
Dorset E06000059	1,021	794	177
Sefton E08000014	1,013	745	205
Newham E09000025	1,000	695	225
Walsall E08000030	995	377	609
Barnet E09000003	990	639	297
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	967	536	341
Tameside E08000008	961	545	247
Stockport E08000007	959	588	319
North Somerset E06000024	957	518	404
Tower Hamlets E09000030	957	681	173
Kirklees E08000034	954	601	333
Dudley E08000027	953	651	213
Northumberland E06000057	923	558	342
Oldham E08000004	872	544	255
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	860	554	241
Wakefield E08000036	858	434	388
Shropshire E06000051	857	628	168
South Gloucestershire E06000025	848	407	335
Ealing E09000009	837	666	123
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	826	458	322
Doncaster E08000017	825	407	374
Hounslow E09000018	817	487	232
Bolton E08000001	814	541	251
Greenwich E09000011	809	598	102
Nottingham E06000018	788	522	71
Bexley E09000004	786	465	243
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	783	506	243
Rochdale E08000005	782	576	188
Peterborough E06000031	770	556	138
Lambeth E09000022	769	437	250
Havering E09000016	766	513	157
Swindon E06000030	761	385	196
Brent E09000005	757	495	203
Milton Keynes E06000042	749	296	0
Hillingdon E09000017	749	450	257
Thurrock E06000034	744	470	241
Brighton and Hove E06000043	733	442	239
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	725	516	139
Knowsley E08000011	724	462	227
Derby E06000015	708	359	291
Waltham Forest E09000031	703	527	0
Redbridge E09000026	698	528	131
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	685	577	108
Hackney E09000012	674	327	267
Cumberland E06000063	673	390	246
St. Helens E08000013	666	498	154
Lewisham E09000023	664	433	165
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	662	468	145
Sutton E09000029	658	337	313
Sunderland E08000024	648	216	375
Wolverhampton E08000031	647	573	39
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	642	350	262
Southwark E09000028	638	356	276
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	636	383	89
Calderdale E08000033	627	510	83
Warrington E06000007	625	391	204
Bury E08000002	622	400	210
Southampton E06000045	612	333	30
Merton E09000024	607	436	147
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	598	417	145
Wandsworth E09000032	597	433	140
Reading E06000038	595	358	109
Harrow E09000015	592	429	118
Portsmouth E06000044	590	426	98
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	582	376	132
North Tyneside E08000022	570	454	90
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	562	362	181
Bedford E06000055	558	289	233
Haringey E09000014	554	353	154
North Lincolnshire E06000013	546	391	93
Trafford E08000009	537	420	96
Solihull E08000029	533	287	212
York E06000014	529	381	125
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	527	403	113
Halton E06000006	526	283	190
Luton E06000032	519	365	130
Blackpool E06000009	506	323	155
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	503	398	67
Islington E09000019	481	306	96
Slough E06000039	460	310	98
West Berkshire E06000037	450	330	9
Middlesbrough E06000002	446	298	120
Torbay E06000027	421	306	96
Wokingham E06000041	415	234	150
Gateshead E08000037	400	125	198
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	386	305	66
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	372	279	67
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	356	253	88
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	354	193	161
South Tyneside E08000023	353	183	139
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	345	244	81
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	339	237	69
Bracknell Forest E06000036	337	123	204
Camden E09000007	315	228	46
Darlington E06000005	285	174	109
Westminster E09000033	270	222	42
Hartlepool E06000001	246	144	80
Leicester E06000016	199	126	0
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	141	114	24
Rutland E06000017	134	119	10
Isles of Scilly E06000053	6	3	2
City of London E09000001	5	4	1
Isle of Wight E06000046	not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’	not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’	not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Buckinghamshire E06000060	given under the former county's code, E10000002	given under the former county's code, E10000002	given under the former county's code, E10000002
North Yorkshire E06000065	given under the former county's code, E10000023	given under the former county's code, E10000023	given under the former county's code, E10000023
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
Somerset E06000066	given under the former county's code, E10000027	given under the former county's code, E10000027	given under the former county's code, E10000027
North East	6,810	4,159	2,161
North West	24,881	16,729	6,799
Yorkshire and The Humber	16,699	11,691	3,788
East Midlands	13,219	7,831	4,329
West Midlands	17,761	11,542	4,749
East of England	18,695	12,838	4,132
London	22,024	14,812	5,197
South East	26,040	16,598	6,888
South West	16,573	9,862	5,246
England	162,702	106,062	43,289

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Requests · 127 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

5 to 506
506 to 642
642 to 788
788 to 1,025
1,025 to 3,424

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Department for Education

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Retrieved

31 October 2026, 11:12 UTC

Raw files fetched

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Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC; 489 of 489 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Department for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:12:10Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	489 of 489 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	489 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	489 of 489 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	EES data set is current	latest period 2025 ended 304 days before retrieval (limit 650)
Pass	The data set's CSV agrees	978 of 978 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/01a0aa36-eb22-7682-94aa-a6bcbb1117ae/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 489 rows read)
Pass	The councils add up to their region and the regions to England	30 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 27 within the rounding the DfE states (27 exactly); not made, 3 for a figure marked 'x' (not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’)
Pass	Each share and average is its count over its whole	324 of 324 shares and averages by area and combination are their counts' ratio, within the rounding the DfE states; not made, 165 for a figure marked 'x'
Pass	Source page answers	https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans – HTTP 200

Notes

Requests for an EHC needs assessment the council received in the calendar year, from any source, and those it decided to assess or not, as local authorities report them in the SEN2 return. Requests withdrawn or not yet decided are in the total only.
The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
The DfE gives Buckinghamshire, North Yorkshire and Somerset under the codes of the county councils their unitary councils replaced over the same areas (E10000002, E10000023 and E10000027), and the hub keeps them there, never moved to the councils' own (decision 47.2).
The DfE gives Barnsley and Sheffield under the codes they had before part of Barnsley moved into Sheffield on the 1st of April 2025 (E08000016 and E08000019), and they are shown so.