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Notices to academy trusts and schools in the South West

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 Hannah Woodhouse, Department for Education (DfE) Regional Director for South West England, 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 judgement

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 15 May 2026 Show all updates
  1. Added 'Danesfield CofE Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School (West Somerset): warning notice' to the 'requires significant improvement Ofsted judgements' section.

  2. Added 'The Clinton Church of England Primary School (Okehampton): warning notice' to the 'special measures Ofsted judgements' section.

  3. Added 'The Promise School (Okehampton): warning notice' to the 'special measures Ofsted judgements' section.

  4. Added 'Pyrland School (Taunton): warning notice' to the 'special measures Ofsted judgements' section.

  5. Added 'Cotham Gardens Primary School (Bristol): warning notice' to the 'special measures Ofsted judgements' section.

  6. Added 'Courtlands School (Plymouth): warning notice' to the collection.

  7. Added 'Noremarsh Junior School (Swindon): warning notice' and 'St Boniface's RC College (Plymouth): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements'.

  8. First published.