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Warning notices to academies in the East of England

Notices issued to academy trusts about academies that are not making necessary improvements or academies judged inadequate following an Ofsted inspection.

Notices from Jonathan Duff, Department for Education (DfE) Regional Director for the East of England to academy trusts about academies causing concern.

The schools causing concern guidance provides details on the action that regional directors may take when academies are underperforming or have weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management.

A spreadsheet listing all notices about underperformance issued to academy trusts is also available.

Notices and letters published before September 2022 are available in a separate collection of legacy notices.

Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements

DfE regional directors may issue a notice to an academy that is currently rated as ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted and was rated as less than good at its previous Ofsted inspection.

Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements

DfE regional directors may issue a notice to academies that have been judged ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted.

Published 26 January 2024
Last updated 26 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Two Village Church of England Primary School (Essex): warning notice' under the heading 'Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements'.

  2. Added 'Gilbert Inglefield Academy (Bedfordshire): warning notice' to the 'Warning notices: ''inadequate' Ofsted judgements' section.

  3. Added 'St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School (Haverhill): warning notice' and 'Valley Primary Academy (Norwich): warning notice' to 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements.

  4. Added 'Langham Oaks (Essex): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements'.

  5. Added 'Hillside Primary School (Suffolk): warning notice', 'Gusford Community Primary School (Suffolk): warning notice', 'Ridgeway Academy (Hertfordshire): warning notice' and 'Hertswood Academy (Boreham Wood): warning notice' to warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements. Added 'The Cornelius Vermuyden School (Essex): warning notice' and 'All Saints Academy Dunstable (Bedfordshire): warning notice' to warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements.

  6. First published.