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Ofsted Visit Analysis – Page 8

All the data on these pages have been produced by SESLIP analysis of information published at Ofsted’s report pages, which involves manual data transfer and is therefore subject to errors and omissions. If you spot anything that looks wrong, please contact Richard Tyndall.

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Page 8 – Waiting time between SEND1 or SEND2 and AreaSEND1

Table 8.1: National waiting time since last SEND inspection at 17/06/2025

Table 8.2: South East authorities’ waiting time since last SEND inspection at 17/06/2025

RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited
1LeedsSEND1 – NFA3,116
2SolihullSEND1 – NFA2,808
3HackneySEND1 – NFA2,759
4St. HelensSEND1 – NFA2,696
5HaveringSEND1 – NFA2,668
6City of LondonSEND1 – NFA2,654
7West BerkshireSEND1 – NFA2,591
8RedbridgeSEND1 – NFA2,563
9WiganSEND1 – NFA2,556
10SouthwarkSEND1 – NFA2,549
11=RochdaleSEND22,388
11=HammersmithSEND1 – NFA2,388
13EalingSEND1 – NFA2,339
14=CamdenSEND1 – NFA2,290
14=CalderdaleSEND1 – NFA2,290
16Bath and North East SomersetSEND1 – NFA2,283
17SeftonSEND22,255
18DoncasterSEND1 – NFA2,220
19Blackburn with DarwenSEND1 – NFA2,192
RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited Due date if anyNt’l rank
1West BerkshireSEND1 NFA2.591–7
2PortsmouthSEND1 NFA2,178–20
3Windsor and MaidenheadSEND22,073–23
4Isle of WightSEND1 NFA2,031–25
5HampshireSEND1 NFA1,933–30
6WokinghamSEND21,498–33
7ReadingSEND1 NFA1,457–40
8SloughSEND1, SEND2 not done1,359–46
9BuckinghamshireSEND1, SEND2 not done1,198–67
10KentSEND2994–80
11Brighton and HoveAreaSEND181325 Mar 202898
12OxfordshireAreaSEND170510 Jan 2025*107
13SurreyAreaSEND163124 Sep 2026108
14West SussexAreaSEND156826 Nov 2026115
15MedwayAreaSEND149804 Feb 2027121
16Milton KeynesAreaSEND147004 Mar 2027123
17SouthamptonAreaSEND140013 May 2027130
18East SussexAreaSEND121118 Nov 2027141
19Bracknell ForestAreaSEND113404 August 2026151
* Ofsted have announced that planned monitoring visits will not take place
Return to Ofsted Visit Analysis Page 7
Advance to Ofsted Visit Analysis Page 9

ADCS also monitors the outcome of SEND inspections – see here for access to their spreadsheet

Ofsted’s report on SEND area inspections at 31 March 2021 is here

Our friends at LIIA, working with D2I have produced more Ofsted analysis Ofsted inspections Power BI dashboard (external link hosted by LIIA).

The dashboard has five pages and covers ILACS and SEND inspections, with all manner of filters and visualisations available.

All the data on these pages have been produced by SESLIP analysis of information published at Ofsted’s report pages, which involves manual data transfer and is therefore subject to errors and omissions. If you spot anything that looks wrong, please contact Richard Tyndall 07880-787007