Consultation outcome

Supporting schools that are not making necessary improvements

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 March 2022
• Last updated: 30 June 2022
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  1. 30 June 2022

     Added the government’s consultation response, outlining the outcome of the consultation.

  2. 28 March 2022

     First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Supporting schools not making necessary improvements: government consultation response

PDF, 279 KB, 25 pages

Detail of outcome

This is a summary of the responses we received to the consultation, alongside the government’s response and next steps.

You can also refer to the statutory guidance on schools causing concern, including the guidance that will apply from September 2022.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are proposing to bring schools with two consecutive Ofsted judgments below ‘Good’ in scope for intervention.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
10am on 28 March 2022 to 11:59pm on 23 May 2022

Consultation description

In order to support schools that are not making necessary improvements, we propose to make all schools with two consecutive Ofsted judgments of below ‘Good’ eligible for intervention. This will enable the Secretary of State to move these schools into strong trusts in order to ensure that children attending them receive the standard of education they deserve.

This change to the Department’s policy on intervention in schools would be introduced from September 2022, pending the outcome of the consultation.