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 at 30/07/2025

Table 8.1: National waiting time since last SEND inspection

Table 8.2: South East authorities’ waiting time since last SEND inspection

RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited
1LeedsSEND1 – NFA3,159
2SolihullSEND1 – NFA2,851
3HackneySEND1 – NFA2,802
4St. HelensSEND1 – NFA2,739
5HaveringSEND1 – NFA2,711
6City of LondonSEND1 – NFA2,697
7West BerkshireSEND1 – NFA2,634
8WiganSEND1 – NFA2,599
9SouthwarkSEND1 – NFA2,592
10=RochdaleSEND22,431
10=HammersmithSEND1 – NFA2,431
12EalingSEND1 – NFA2,382
13=CamdenSEND1 – NFA2,333
13=CalderdaleSEND1 – NFA2,333
15Bath and North East SomersetSEND1 – NFA2,326
16SeftonSEND22,298
17DoncasterSEND1 – NFA2,263
18Blackburn with DarwenSEND1 – NFA2,235
19PortsmouthSEND1 – NFA2,221
RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited Due date if anyNt’l rank
1West BerkshireSEND1 NFA2.6347
2PortsmouthSEND1 NFA2,22119
3Windsor and MaidenheadSEND22,11622
4Isle of WightSEND1 NFA2,07424
5HampshireSEND1 NFA1,97629
6WokinghamSEND21,54132
7ReadingSEND1 NFA1,50039
8SloughSEND1, SEND2 not done1,40245
9BuckinghamshireSEND1, SEND2 not done1,24163
10KentSEND21,03776
11Brighton and HoveAreaSEND185625 Mar 202894
12OxfordshireAreaSEND174810 Jan 2025*103
13SurreyAreaSEND167424 Sep 2026104
14West SussexAreaSEND161126 Nov 2026111
15MedwayAreaSEND154104 Feb 2027117
16Milton KeynesAreaSEND151304 Mar 2027119
17SouthamptonAreaSEND144313 May 2027126
18East SussexAreaSEND125418 Nov 2027137
19Bracknell ForestAreaSEND117704 August 2026147
* Ofsted have announced that planned monitoring visits will not take place

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