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Regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE): school support

School improvement support available through the RISE programme.

The regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) programme aims to break the link between young people’s backgrounds and their future success.

RISE provides support at 2 levels:

  • universal support to help all schools improve
  • targeted interventions for eligible schools

Universal support

For the universal RISE service, RISE teams will work across all schools to:

  • signpost effective practice
  • encourage peer-to-peer support
  • bring schools together to share knowledge and innovation

RISE teams will cover the following regions:

The RISE universal service will support the 4 national priorities.

Targeted support

This support is tailored to schools facing the greatest challenges.

RISE advisers engage with eligible schools and their responsible body to agree an improvement plan, backed by resources to reduce barriers to improvement.

Schools are supported to improve over 12 to 24 months and are monitored by regular Ofsted inspections.

Updates to this page

Published 19 September 2025
Last updated 6 February 2026 show all updates
  1. Added 'Regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE)' to the RISE programme guidance section.

  2. First published.