Rankings · Methodology · Service quality · Special educational needs

New EHC plans issued within 20 weeks

Higher is better. One of the measures behind the special educational needs score; councils are listed by their rank on it alone, which is not their overall rank. The median of the 130 is 58.3%.

Excluding exception cases. Statutory limit is 20 weeks.

New EHC plans issued within 20 weeks by council
Rank	Council	New EHC plans issued within 20 weeks	Type
=1	Barnet	100.0%	London borough
=1	Wandsworth	100.0%	London borough
=1	Windsor and Maidenhead	100.0%	Unitary council
=1	Kensington and Chelsea	98.9%	London borough
=1	Bury	98.5%	Metropolitan borough
=1	Barnsley	97.8%	Metropolitan borough
=1	Liverpool	97.6%	Metropolitan borough
8	Middlesbrough	95.7%	Unitary council
9	Kingston upon Thames	95.6%	London borough
10	Richmond upon Thames	95.3%	London borough
11	Westminster	95.3%	London borough
12	East Riding of Yorkshire	94.8%	Unitary council
13	Calderdale	94.8%	Metropolitan borough
14	Telford and Wrekin	92.5%	Unitary council
15	Walsall	90.8%	Metropolitan borough
16	Merton	89.8%	London borough
17	Southampton	88.9%	Unitary council
18	Lambeth	88.2%	London borough
19	Bradford	88.0%	Metropolitan borough
20	Haringey	87.2%	London borough
21	Hammersmith and Fulham	86.4%	London borough
22	Sutton	84.4%	London borough
23	York	84.4%	Unitary council
24	Doncaster	84.4%	Metropolitan borough
25	Camden	84.2%	London borough
26	Hillingdon	84.1%	London borough
27	Wakefield	83.3%	Metropolitan borough
28	Bedford	83.2%	Unitary council
29	Blackburn with Darwen	83.0%	Unitary council
30	Islington	82.7%	London borough
31	South Tyneside	82.2%	Metropolitan borough
32	Gateshead	82.0%	Metropolitan borough
33	Westmorland and Furness	81.1%	Unitary council
34	Rutland	79.9%	Unitary council
35	Brent	79.8%	London borough
36	Bolton	79.0%	Metropolitan borough
37	Rotherham	78.6%	Metropolitan borough
38	Dorset	78.2%	Unitary council
39	Oldham	76.7%	Metropolitan borough
40	Solihull	76.7%	Metropolitan borough
41	Halton	76.5%	Unitary council
42	North Somerset	76.4%	Unitary council
43	Darlington	76.2%	Unitary council
44	Peterborough	76.0%	Unitary council
45	Enfield	75.9%	London borough
46	Manchester	75.6%	Metropolitan borough
47	Brighton and Hove	73.9%	Unitary council
48	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	73.4%	Unitary council
49	Sunderland	69.9%	Metropolitan borough
50	Knowsley	68.7%	Metropolitan borough
51	Hounslow	68.3%	London borough
52	Bromley	68.2%	London borough
53	Bexley	67.3%	London borough
54	Croydon	66.6%	London borough
55	Bracknell Forest	65.9%	Unitary council
56	Warrington	65.7%	Unitary council
57	North East Lincolnshire	65.6%	Unitary council
58	Harrow	63.6%	London borough
59	Northumberland	63.2%	Unitary council
60	Stockton-on-Tees	62.6%	Unitary council
61	Herefordshire, County of	61.9%	Unitary council
62	Reading	61.0%	Unitary council
63	Ealing	60.7%	London borough
64	South Gloucestershire	59.2%	Unitary council
65	Salford	58.4%	Metropolitan borough
66	Blackpool	58.1%	Unitary council
67	North Yorkshire	56.7%	Unitary council
68	North Lincolnshire	52.9%	Unitary council
69	Central Bedfordshire	52.1%	Unitary council
70	Leicester	51.5%	Unitary council
71	Coventry	51.1%	Metropolitan borough
72	Hartlepool	50.9%	Unitary council
73	Trafford	50.2%	Metropolitan borough
74	Wokingham	49.3%	Unitary council
75	Sefton	49.0%	Metropolitan borough
76	Rochdale	45.7%	Metropolitan borough
77	Stoke-on-Trent	45.6%	Unitary council
78	County Durham	44.9%	Unitary council
79	Tower Hamlets	43.2%	London borough
80	Wiltshire	42.9%	Unitary council
81	St. Helens	41.7%	Metropolitan borough
82	Newham	41.2%	London borough
83	Thurrock	40.7%	Unitary council
84	Dudley	40.2%	Metropolitan borough
85	West Berkshire	39.4%	Unitary council
86	Wolverhampton	39.3%	Metropolitan borough
87	Southwark	39.3%	London borough
88	Hackney	37.4%	London borough
89	North Northamptonshire	37.2%	Unitary council
90	Waltham Forest	37.1%	London borough
91	Derby	36.4%	Unitary council
92	Southend-on-Sea	36.2%	Unitary council
93	Kirklees	35.8%	Metropolitan borough
94	Sheffield	35.7%	Metropolitan borough
95	Greenwich	33.9%	London borough
96	Cheshire East	32.7%	Unitary council
97	Birmingham	32.1%	Metropolitan borough
98	Wigan	31.9%	Metropolitan borough
99	Redcar and Cleveland	31.8%	Unitary council
100	North Tyneside	31.7%	Metropolitan borough
101	Havering	30.6%	London borough
102	Nottingham	30.1%	Unitary council
103	Tameside	29.8%	Metropolitan borough
104	Bath and North East Somerset	29.2%	Unitary council
105	Sandwell	29.0%	Metropolitan borough
106	Luton	28.2%	Unitary council
107	Torbay	28.1%	Unitary council
108	Shropshire	27.8%	Unitary council
109	Milton Keynes	27.7%	Unitary council
110	Barking and Dagenham	27.5%	London borough
111	Cumberland	27.1%	Unitary council
112	Swindon	26.2%	Unitary council
113	Portsmouth	24.1%	Unitary council
114	Lewisham	22.9%	London borough
115	Slough	21.8%	Unitary council
116	Kingston upon Hull, City of	21.8%	Unitary council
117	Somerset	21.0%	Unitary council
118	Redbridge	20.5%	London borough
119	Cornwall	20.3%	Unitary council
120	Buckinghamshire	20.2%	Unitary council
121	Isle of Wight	20.0%	Unitary council
122	Cheshire West and Chester	19.5%	Unitary council
123	Medway	18.9%	Unitary council
=124	Newcastle upon Tyne	15.4%	Metropolitan borough
=124	Stockport	12.8%	Metropolitan borough
=124	Bristol, City of	11.2%	Unitary council
=124	Wirral	9.8%	Metropolitan borough
=124	West Northamptonshire	9.4%	Unitary council
=124	Plymouth	8.6%	Unitary council
=124	Leeds	7.9%	Metropolitan borough

Period: 2024 to 2025. Source: DfE — Education, health and care plans. Councils with the same figure share a rank, and so do those beyond the 5th and 95th percentiles, because extreme values are capped before scoring (why). How we score

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City of London: 100.0%
Isles of Scilly: 100.0%