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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 03/04/2025

Table 8.2: South East authorities’ waiting time since last SEND inspection at 03/04/2025

RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited
1LeedsSEND1 – NFA3,041
2CambridgeshireSEND1 – NFA2,936
3SolihullSEND1 – NFA2,733
4HackneySEND1 – NFA2,684
5St. HelensSEND1 – NFA2,621
6HaveringSEND1 – NFA2,593
7City of LondonSEND1 – NFA2,579
8West BerkshireSEND1 – NFA2,516
9RedbridgeSEND1 – NFA2,488
10WiganSEND1 – NFA2,481
11SouthwarkSEND1 – NFA2,474
11LincolnshireSEND1 – NFA2,376
13=RochdaleSEND22,313
13=HammersmithSEND1 – NFA2,313
15EalingSEND1 – NFA2,264
16=CamdenSEND1 – NFA2,215
16=CalderdaleSEND1 – NFA2,215
18Bath and North East SomersetSEND1 – NFA2,208
19SeftonSEND22,180
RankNameType of SEND inspectionDays waited Due date if anyNt’l rank
1West BerkshireSEND1 NFA2.516–8
2PortsmouthSEND1 NFA2,103–22
3Windsor and MaidenheadSEND21,998–25
4Isle of WightSEND1 NFA1,956–27
5HampshireSEND1 NFA1,858–32
6WokinghamSEND21,423–35
7ReadingSEND1 NFA1,382–42
8SloughSEND1, SEND2 not done1,284–49
9BuckinghamshireSEND1, SEND2 not done1,123–70
10KentSEND2919–83
11Brighton and HoveAreaSEND173825 Mar 2028101
12OxfordshireAreaSEND163010 Jan 2025*111
13SurreyAreaSEND155624 Sep 2026112
14West SussexAreaSEND149326 Nov 2026119
15MedwayAreaSEND142304 Feb 2027125
16Milton KeynesAreaSEND139504 Mar 2027127
17SouthamptonAreaSEND132513 May 2027134
18East SussexAreaSEND113618 Nov 2027145
19Bracknell ForestAreaSEND15904 August 2026150
* 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