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 08/06/2025

Table 8.2: South East authorities’ waiting time since last SEND inspection at 08/06/2025

RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited
1LeedsSEND1 – NFA3,107
2SolihullSEND1 – NFA2,799
3HackneySEND1 – NFA2,750
4St. HelensSEND1 – NFA2,687
5HaveringSEND1 – NFA2,659
6City of LondonSEND1 – NFA2,645
7West BerkshireSEND1 – NFA2,582
8RedbridgeSEND1 – NFA2,554
9WiganSEND1 – NFA2,547
10SouthwarkSEND1 – NFA2,540
11=RochdaleSEND22,379
11=HammersmithSEND1 – NFA2,379
13EalingSEND1 – NFA2,330
14=CamdenSEND1 – NFA2,281
14=CalderdaleSEND1 – NFA2,281
16Bath and North East SomersetSEND1 – NFA2,274
17SeftonSEND22,246
18DoncasterSEND1 – NFA2,211
19Blackburn with DarwenSEND1 – NFA2,183
RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited Due date if anyNt’l rank
1West BerkshireSEND1 NFA2.5827
2PortsmouthSEND1 NFA2,16920
3Windsor and MaidenheadSEND22,06423
4Isle of WightSEND1 NFA2,02225
5HampshireSEND1 NFA1,92430
6WokinghamSEND21,48933
7ReadingSEND1 NFA1,44840
8SloughSEND1, SEND2 not done1,35046
9BuckinghamshireSEND1, SEND2 not done1,18967
10KentSEND298580
11Brighton and HoveAreaSEND180425 Mar 202898
12OxfordshireAreaSEND169610 Jan 2025*107
13SurreyAreaSEND162224 Sep 2026108
14West SussexAreaSEND155926 Nov 2026115
15MedwayAreaSEND148904 Feb 2027121
16Milton KeynesAreaSEND146104 Mar 2027123
17SouthamptonAreaSEND139113 May 2027130
18East SussexAreaSEND120218 Nov 2027141
19Bracknell ForestAreaSEND112504 August 2026151
* 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