Official 2025 local-authority data

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Name: The ChildWize Postcode Lottery Map — EHCP timeliness 2025
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In England, where a child lives can affect how quickly their statutory SEND support is put in place. Explore the percentage of new Education, Health and Care plans completed within the legal 20-week timeframe in each local authority.

46.1%

England average within 20 weeks

149

authorities with a published percentage

below the England average

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70% or more

55% to 69.9%

40% to 54.9%

25% to 39.9%

Below 25%

No published data

Local-authority results

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Local authority	Region	Within 20 weeks	Average weeks
Barking and Dagenham	London	27.2%	28.0
Barnet	London	100.0%	12.7
Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	98.6%	14.0
Bath and North East Somerset	South West	33.2%	24.7
Bedford	East of England	94.3%	19.3
Bexley	London	65.9%	21.1
Birmingham	West Midlands	37.1%	22.1
Blackburn with Darwen	North West	79.9%	20.6
Blackpool	North West	55.0%	20.1
Bolton	North West	86.0%	19.4
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	69.0%	17.4
Bracknell Forest	South East	100.0%	13.0
Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	86.5%	19.4
Brent	London	69.7%	19.1
Brighton and Hove	South East	57.4%	21.1
Bristol, City of	South West	6.8%	48.9
Bromley	London	71.3%	13.6
Buckinghamshire	South East	7.8%	54.4
Bury	North West	98.1%	13.3
Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	94.1%	19.6
Cambridgeshire	East of England	7.3%	53.6
Camden	London	73.0%	16.3
Central Bedfordshire	East of England	56.3%	18.0
Cheshire East	North West	23.9%	25.6
Cheshire West and Chester	North West	22.1%	27.0
City of London	London	100.0%	19.3
Cornwall	South West	34.1%	36.9
County Durham	North East	77.6%	20.1
Coventry	West Midlands	37.6%	21.9
Croydon	London	61.2%	20.3
Cumberland	North West	6.7%	31.4
Darlington	North East	81.5%	17.6
Derby	East Midlands	52.6%	25.3
Derbyshire	East Midlands	5.0%	34.3
Devon	South West	5.1%	45.6
Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	83.9%	18.6
Dorset	South West	78.2%	16.7
Dudley	West Midlands	25.1%	25.0
Ealing	London	52.2%	24.6
East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	92.9%	20.0
East Sussex	South East	43.1%	20.1
Enfield	London	67.2%	17.9
Essex	East of England	20.1%	50.4
Gateshead	North East	83.7%	20.0
Gloucestershire	South West	27.4%	31.4
Greenwich	London	31.2%	21.7
Hackney	London	32.8%	26.7
Halton	North West	No published data	—
Hammersmith and Fulham	London	87.2%	19.7
Hampshire	South East	52.0%	22.3
Haringey	London	89.6%	16.0
Harrow	London	88.2%	19.0
Hartlepool	North East	21.4%	27.6
Havering	London	32.0%	24.6
Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	57.0%	21.7
Hertfordshire	East of England	60.3%	22.1
Hillingdon	London	77.6%	17.4
Hounslow	London	58.4%	19.7
Isle of Wight	South East	No published data	—
Isles of Scilly	South West	100.0%	12.9
Islington	London	85.8%	19.7
Kensington and Chelsea	London	97.9%	14.7
Kent	South East	56.9%	22.3
Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	37.4%	28.1
Kingston upon Thames	London	97.2%	19.3
Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	62.8%	22.4
Knowsley	North West	86.4%	19.4
Lambeth	London	89.1%	16.1
Lancashire	North West	9.6%	46.3
Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	7.3%	54.1
Leicester	—	No published data	—
Leicestershire	East Midlands	20.3%	35.4
Lewisham	London	22.9%	37.0
Lincolnshire	East Midlands	86.8%	18.6
Liverpool	North West	97.3%	19.6
Luton	East of England	29.1%	23.0
Manchester	North West	74.2%	14.6
Medway	South East	21.4%	43.4
Merton	London	95.6%	13.0
Middlesbrough	North East	93.3%	18.9
Milton Keynes	South East	11.5%	48.6
Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	21.8%	26.6
Newham	London	31.5%	33.4
Norfolk	East of England	No published data	—
North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	98.6%	10.3
North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	70.4%	20.0
North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	56.5%	18.9
North Somerset	South West	96.0%	15.0
North Tyneside	North East	26.0%	28.6
North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	75.7%	19.1
Northumberland	North East	81.4%	19.0
Nottingham	East Midlands	30.2%	23.4
Nottinghamshire	East Midlands	32.3%	28.6
Oldham	North West	76.9%	7.6
Oxfordshire	South East	37.8%	22.3
Peterborough	East of England	66.0%	20.3
Plymouth	South West	10.2%	45.0
Portsmouth	South East	42.9%	25.6
Reading	South East	62.5%	22.0
Redbridge	London	27.9%	31.1
Redcar and Cleveland	North East	19.9%	26.1
Richmond upon Thames	London	96.5%	19.4
Rochdale	North West	49.3%	19.3
Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	79.4%	19.1
Rutland	East Midlands	80.7%	17.6
Salford	North West	54.9%	13.9
Sandwell	West Midlands	29.8%	35.3
Sefton	North West	42.9%	26.6
Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	27.8%	23.9
Shropshire	West Midlands	11.9%	33.0
Slough	South East	30.5%	33.0
Solihull	West Midlands	74.0%	13.0
Somerset	South West	6.4%	36.9
South Gloucestershire	South West	56.6%	20.9
South Tyneside	North East	92.0%	18.4
Southampton	South East	80.0%	18.9
Southend-on-Sea	East of England	47.0%	27.7
Southwark	London	42.8%	23.7
St. Helens	North West	59.6%	24.7
Staffordshire	West Midlands	24.6%	32.3
Stockport	North West	18.1%	36.4
Stockton-on-Tees	North East	52.9%	15.9
Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	58.7%	20.7
Suffolk	East of England	16.5%	41.1
Sunderland	North East	59.4%	21.0
Surrey	South East	89.5%	18.6
Sutton	London	96.0%	15.4
Swindon	South West	11.8%	37.9
Tameside	North West	30.3%	23.3
Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	97.3%	18.4
Thurrock	East of England	35.4%	20.7
Torbay	South West	27.1%	24.6
Tower Hamlets	London	46.0%	24.6
Trafford	North West	47.4%	24.1
Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	80.2%	17.3
Walsall	West Midlands	96.3%	19.4
Waltham Forest	London	25.7%	32.7
Wandsworth	London	100.0%	17.7
Warrington	North West	73.6%	20.6
Warwickshire	West Midlands	22.8%	35.0
West Berkshire	South East	25.2%	24.3
West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	7.9%	38.7
West Sussex	South East	15.5%	37.0
Westminster	London	92.9%	16.7
Westmorland and Furness	North West	72.0%	18.3
Wigan	North West	21.9%	26.9
Wiltshire	South West	61.6%	21.1
Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	100.0%	11.0
Wirral	North West	8.2%	48.3
Wokingham	South East	43.0%	24.1
Wolverhampton	West Midlands	19.6%	26.7
Worcestershire	West Midlands	66.1%	20.4
York	Yorkshire and The Humber	98.5%	12.6

Methodology and limitations

The map uses Department for Education accredited official statistics for the 2025 calendar year. The measure is the percentage of new EHC plans issued within 20 weeks after cases with permitted exceptions were excluded.

Four areas are shown as no data: Leicester has no published all-plan timeliness row, while Halton, Norfolk and Isle of Wight have suppressed percentage values. We do not treat missing or suppressed figures as zero.

The map describes administrative timeliness, not the quality of a plan, the level of need in an area or the quality of local professionals. Differences may reflect demand, capacity, reporting and other local circumstances.

England is shown first because equivalent measures are not directly comparable across the four UK education systems. We will add separate nation-specific views only where defensible official data is available.

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