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Notices to academy trusts and schools in the South East

Notices issued to academy trusts and local-authority-maintained schools following an Ofsted inspection or failure to engage with targeted regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) intervention.

Notices from Dame Kate Dethridge, Department for Education (DfE) Regional Director for the South East to:

  • academy trusts following either:
    • an Ofsted inspection at an academy
    • failure to engage with targeted RISE intervention
  • local-authority-maintained schools for:
    • failure to engage with targeted RISE intervention

The support and intervention in schools guidance details the action that regional directors may take when schools:

  • are underperforming
  • have weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management
  • fail to engage with RISE intervention

Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement

Notices issued by DfE regional directors to academies judged ‘requires significant improvement’ by Ofsted, after 2 September 2024.

Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements

Notices issued by DfE regional directors to academies judged as requiring ‘special measures’ by Ofsted, after 2 September 2024.

Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements

Notices from DfE regional directors to academies that were judged ‘Inadequate’ by Ofsted, up until the 2 September 2024 when the Ofsted single word judgement system was revised.

Updates to this page

Published 26 January 2024
Last updated 6 March 2026 Show all updates
  1. Added 'Wayfield Primary School (Chatham, Medway): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements.

  2. Added 'Havant Academy (Hampshire): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements.

  3. Added 'Oakbank (Berkshire): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgements.

  4. Added 'The Mandeville School (Buckinghamshire): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgements.

  5. Added 'Sandwich Technology School (Sandwich, Kent): warning notice', 'Oasis Academy Lord's Hill (Southampton): warning notice' and 'Sunbury Manor School (Surrey): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements'.

  6. Added a notice to Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School.

  7. Added 'The Arnewood School (Hampshire): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements'.

  8. Added 'Knockhall Primary School (Kent): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements'.

  9. Removed Greenacre Academy (Chatham) and Walderslade Girls School (Chatham) from 'Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements' as they have both now transferred to Beyond Schools Trust.

  10. Added 'John Madejski Academy (Reading): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: inadequate Ofsted judgements'.

  11. First published.