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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 14/05/2025

Table 8.2: South East authorities’ waiting time since last SEND inspection at 14/05/2025

RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited
1LeedsSEND1 – NFA3,082
2SolihullSEND1 – NFA2,774
3HackneySEND1 – NFA2,725
4St. HelensSEND1 – NFA2,662
5HaveringSEND1 – NFA2,634
6City of LondonSEND1 – NFA9620
7West BerkshireSEND1 – NFA2,557
8RedbridgeSEND1 – NFA2,529
9WiganSEND1 – NFA2,522
10SouthwarkSEND1 – NFA2,515
11=RochdaleSEND22,354
11=HammersmithSEND1 – NFA2,354
13EalingSEND1 – NFA2,305
14=CamdenSEND1 – NFA2,256
14=CalderdaleSEND1 – NFA2,256
16Bath and North East SomersetSEND1 – NFA2,249
17SeftonSEND22,221
18DoncasterSEND1 – NFA2,186
19Blackburn with DarwenSEND1 – NFA2,158
RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited Due date if anyNt’l rank
1West BerkshireSEND1 NFA2.557–7
2PortsmouthSEND1 NFA2,144–20
3Windsor and MaidenheadSEND22,039–23
4Isle of WightSEND1 NFA1,997–25
5HampshireSEND1 NFA1,899–30
6WokinghamSEND21,464–33
7ReadingSEND1 NFA1,423–40
8SloughSEND1, SEND2 not done1,325–46
9BuckinghamshireSEND1, SEND2 not done1,164–67
10KentSEND2960–80
11Brighton and HoveAreaSEND177925 Mar 202898
12OxfordshireAreaSEND167110 Jan 2025*107
13SurreyAreaSEND159724 Sep 2026108
14West SussexAreaSEND153426 Nov 2026115
15MedwayAreaSEND146404 Feb 2027121
16Milton KeynesAreaSEND143604 Mar 2027123
17SouthamptonAreaSEND136613 May 2027130
18East SussexAreaSEND117718 Nov 2027141
19Bracknell ForestAreaSEND110004 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