What you talk to us about is confidential and identifiable information and personal data will not be passed to anyone, unless through conversations with us we have agreed with you that we will contact someone on your behalf.
We review general data collected on a monthly basis to look for trends, and use this to guide our service development. We share this information with partners to help influence local and national policy.
Trends

Number of referrals, academic year to date: 1,484 (1,481 for the same period last academic year).
Capacity of the team is currently significantly reduced, impacting all areas of the service.
February 2025
Number of ‘referrals’ (direct requests for information, advice and support) | 271* |
Number of people accessing | 300 |
People ‘new’ to service | 127 |
Number of individual contacts through ‘outreach’ | 90 |
Number of training registrants | 118 |
Website page views | 12,400 |
Digital downloads (PDF leaflets/resources) | 859 |
Facebook reach | 5,805 |
YouTube views | 3,057 |
*Note – a further 72 referrals waiting at month end.
Highest frequency category of need:
- Autism
- Awaiting diagnosis
- ADHD/ADD
Highest frequency of referrals in these categories:
- EHC plans
- SEN Support
- EHCP Appeal
- EHC Needs Assessment
- Placement (setting named in an EHC plan) issue
Suffolk SENDIASS Annual Report 2023 to 2024 (opens PDF)
Suffolk SENDIASS Annual Report 2022-2023 (opens PDF)
‘An easy-read summary of our 2022 to 2023 Annual Report’ (opens PDF)
Suffolk SENDIASS Annual Report 2021-2022 (opens PDF)
Suffolk SENDIASS Annual Report 2020-2021 (opens PDF)