Academic Independent Review Panels - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. How many mainstream schools are in your area? Please break this down into:

a. Local Authority (LA) maintained primary.

b. Academy primary (any type).

c. LA maintained secondary

d. Academy secondary (any type).

e. Free school.

 

2. How many permanent exclusions was your authority notified of in the academic year 2018/19*? Please break this down into:

a. LA maintained primary.

b. Academy primary (any type).

c. LA maintained secondary.

d. Academy secondary (any type).

e. Free school.

 

3. How many of the excluded pupils were children whom the schools recognised as having Special Educational Needs (SEN)? Please include those receiving Additional SEN Support and those with an Educational, Health and Care Plan (ECHP). Please also indicate the number of children with an EHCP. Please break this down into:

a. LA maintained primary.

b. Academy primary (any type).

c. LA maintained secondary.

d. Academy secondary (any type).

e. Free school.

 

4. In the academic year 2018/19 how many applications for Independent Review Panels (IRPs) were received by your authority? Please break this down into:

a. LA maintained primary.

b. Academy primary (any type).

c. LA maintained secondary.

d. Academy secondary (any type).

e. Free school.

 

5. How many IRPs resulted in an offer of reinstatement from the school? Please break this down into:

a. LA maintained primary.

b. Academy primary (any type).

c. LA maintained secondary.

d. Academy secondary (any type).

e. Free school.

 

6. In the academic year 2018/19 how many IRPs recommended that a school should reconsider the exclusion; that the exclusion should be quashed and how many upheld the decision? Please break this down into:

a. LA maintained primary.

b. Academy primary (any type).

c. LA maintained secondary.

d. Academy secondary (any type).

e. Free school.

 

7. How many applications for an IRP in the academic year 2018/19 contained a request for a SEN expert to be appointed? How many of these resulted in the appointment of a SEN expert?

 

8. In total, how many of the IRPs where a child had SEN (with or without an EHCP) resulted in:

a. A recommendation that the school reconsider the exclusion.

b. A recommendation that the exclusion be quashed.

c. The exclusion being upheld.

 

9. Please state how many reviews proceeded with a SEN expert for each category

a. A recommendation that the school reconsider the exclusion.

b. A recommendation that the exclusion be quashed.

c. The exclusion being upheld.

 

*If your 2018/19 statistics are not yet available please provide the statistics for the 2017/18 academic year.

Decision

1.
a. 174.
b. 105.
c. Two.
d. 51.
e. Three.

 

2.
a. 10.b. 13.
c. One.
d. 123.
e. Zero.

 

3.
a. Seven having SEND support (two of those with EHCP).
b. Nine having SEN Support (two of those with EHCP).
c. Zero.
d. 48 having SEN support (three of those with EHCP).
e. Zero.

 

4.
a. One.
b. Two.
c. Zero.
d. Two.
e. Zero.

 

5.
a. One.
b. Zero.
c. N/A.
d. Zero.
e. N/A.

 

6.

a. One quashed and directed Governors to reconsider, zero upheld.
b. Two quashed and directed Governors to reconsider, zero upheld.
c. N/A.
d. One quashed and directed Governors to reconsider, one recommended Governors to
reconsider, zero upheld.
e. N/A.

 

7. Five requests for a SEN expert received, all requests resulted in the appointment and attendance of a SEN expert.

 

8.
a. Three.
b. Three.
c. Zero.

 

9.
a. Five.
b. Five.
c. Zero.

Reference number
FOI1669
Date request received
01 July 2020
Date of decision
15 July 2020