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Notices to academy trusts and schools in Yorkshire and Humber

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 Alison Wilson, Department for Education (DfE) Regional Director for Yorkshire and Humber, 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 5 December 2025 Show all updates
  1. Added 'Beacon Academy (Cleethorpes): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement'.

  2. Added 'Park Lane Academy (Calderdale): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement'.

  3. Added 'St Peter's CofE Primary School (Cleethorpes): warning notice' to the 'special measures Ofsted judgements' section.

  4. Moved 'Beckfoot Oakbank (Keighley): warning notice' into 'Requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement section.

  5. Added 'St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy (Sheffield): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements.

  6. Added 'The Birley Academy (Sheffield): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements'.

  7. Added 'High Greave Infant School (Rotherham): warning notice'.

  8. First published.