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make the data from these LAs comparable, we adjusted the average yearly number of mediation cases by the average yearly population per 10,000 of the school

population36,37_{. We did the same for the cases taking upand not taking upmediation.} The distribution of the rate per 10,000 of cases across the 42 LAs indicated that 10 LAs (23%) of the 42 LAsin our longitudinal samplehad a low rate of cases making contactabout mediation (i.e. a rate of less than 1 case per 10,000 of school

population). In contrast only two LAshad a rate as highas between 10 and 11 cases per 10,000 school population of cases making contactabout mediation, with the other LAs having rates in between.

A similar pattern was found for the distribution of the rate of cases taking up

mediation: 16 (38%) reported between 0 and 1 case per 10,000 of school population

taking up mediation, whereasthe highest rate was found in one LA which reported between 8 and 9 cases per 10,000 of school population). Most LAs reported low rates of parents not taking up mediation: of the 42 LAs, 18 LAs(43%)reported between 0 and 1 cases per 10,000 of school population not taking up mediation, while 3 LAs reported between 4 and 7 cases not taking up mediation.

Across all 42 LAs, the association between rates of cases making contact about

mediation, and rate of cases taking up mediation was highly significant, a correlation of r = .98, showing that LAs with a higher rate of cases making contact about mediation, also had a higher rate of cases taking up mediation.However, considering only the 10 LAs with the highest rates of mediation, there was a very different pattern: relatively little variation between these 10 LAs in rate of cases making contactabout mediation

across the 10 LAs, but considerable variation across these LAs in the rates of cases

taking upmediation (see Figure 25).

This difference between the pattern for the 42 and that for the 10 LAs with the highest rates is at least partly due to the limited range for variability for those LAs with very small numbers of cases. Nevertheless, the variation in these 10 LAs suggests

differences in their mediation systems which are worthy of examination – in Part 2 of this chapter we provide more information from our qualitative study of mediation, which throws light on this finding.

36 _{Due to the differences in the time periods for the school census 2014, 2015, 2016 (i.e. January 2014 –} January 2015 etc.) and our survey period (September 2014 – August 2015 and September 2015 – August 2016), in order to accurately calculate the rate of cases, we averaged across the years sampled to give an average yearly rate

37 _{This is the same rate we use throughout the report, for consistency. It is also used in the national} statistics.

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Figure 25: Rate of mediation contact compared with rate of take up of mediation per 10,000 of school population for the 10 LAs with the largest rate of mediation cases per 10,000 of school

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38_{Base: 42 LAs (responded to all 3 surveys)}

4.2.1.4 Use of mediation in relation to subsequent appeals

Three possible outcomes following receipt of mediation advice were captured by the survey:

(a) mediation was ongoing

(b) resolution was achieved without appeal to the Tribunal (c) appeal registered with Tribunal

Outcome (c) was captured for cases where parents took up mediation and cases where parents did not take up mediation. The other two outcomes (a) and (b) were captured just for cases where parents took up mediation.

Among those who opted to take up mediation, in the 42 LAs, the majority managed to

resolve their disagreement without registering an appeal to the Tribunal: 54%in Year 1, rising to 63%in Year 2 (see Figure 26). Figure 26 also shows that a relatively low proportion of cases that took up mediation over Years 1 and 2 registered a Tribunal appeal:22% in Year 1 declining to 14% in Year 2. For 24% in Year 1 and 7%

38 _{One LA was excluded, as it had a disproportionately large rate of cases making contact, because it had} a very small school population

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in Year 2, mediation was continuing (i.e. had been requested but had not taken place at time of the survey)39_.

Figure 26: Outcome of mediation in Year 1 and Year 2

Source: 42 LAs responding to all three online surveys, 2014-5 and 2015-16

Figure 26 summarises the outcome of mediation40_{. In Figure 27, we compare this with} the outcomes of parents/young people who chose not to take up mediation following their mediation information contact with the service. (Unlike Figure 26, Figure 27

excludescases where mediation was continuing.) Figure 27 shows the percentage of cases that resulted in a registered Tribunal appeal when mediation was nottaken up, compared to those where mediation waschosen by parents/young people.

39_{For the remaining 0.3% Year 1 and 16% in Year 2, the outcome of mediation was not reported.} 40 _{For those cases for which decisions were reported – there are more missing data from Year 2 than} Year 1, which is almost complete

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