FOI Request - CSPs Child Plans and Mediation

Request 101003855065

Scope and timeframe

Please provide the following recorded information for academic years 2015/16 to 2024/25 (year-to-date) for local-authority schools and Education/Children’s Services:

A. Co-ordinated Support Plans (CSPs):
Number of CSPs opened in each academic year.
Number of CSPs closed in each academic year.
Number of CSPs in force at the end of each academic year.
Number and percentage of CSP reviews completed within the statutory 12-month timeframe (please state your measure).

B. Child’s Plans:
Number of Child’s Plans opened and closed each academic year (service-level totals).
Where routinely held, the proportion reviewed within your local review timescale.

C. Mediation and dispute resolution (ASN):
Requests for mediation received each year, and outcomes (e.g., agreement reached, not reached, withdrawn).
Requests for formal dispute resolution each year and outcomes (service-level totals).
Where routinely held, the number of references to the Additional Support Needs jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal (service-level total only).

D. Policy and guidance:
Current policy/guidance for CSPs, Child’s Plans and mediation/dispute resolution, including review processes and timescales.

Format
Please supply data in CSV or XLSX. For datasets, fields like academic_year, csps_opened, csps_closed, csps_in_force, csp_reviews_in_time_pct, childs_plans_opened, childs_plans_closed, mediation_requests, mediation_agreements, dispute_resolution_requests, tribunal_references would be helpful.
Disclosure control / personal data
Aggregate, anonymised figures only; no personal data requested. Please suppress values <5 where required.

Advice & assistance / cost
If this may exceed the section 12 cost limit, please advise under section 15 how I can refine it—for example, service-level totals only or reduced timeframe.
Published information
If already published (section 25), please provide the direct URL and exact table location.

Information not held / exemptions
If not held (section 17), please state explicitly. If withholdings apply, please provide a schedule, the exemption/exception relied upon, and the public-interest test where applicable