Guidance

Boarding schools: national minimum standards

• From: Department for Education
• Part of: National minimum standards for the welfare of children, Schools: departmental advice, and Running a school or college
• Published: 1 November 2012
• Last updated: 24 March 2015, see all updates
• Applies to: England

The national minimum standards that boarding schools must meet to safeguard and protect the children in their care.

Documents

Boarding schools: national minimum standards

Ref: DFE-00120-2015 PDF, 305KB, 20 pages

Details

This guidance is for:

• school leaders
• school staff

It applies to:

• boarding schools maintained by the local authority
• independent boarding schools

It contains a statement of national minimum standards for boarding schools that provide accommodation for children.

National minimum standards for residential special schools are also available.

Document information

Published: 1 November 2012

Updated: 24 March 2015

+ full page history

1. 24 March 2015 Updated document as a result of Ofsted inspections against the standards, and revisions to the independent school standards.
2. 1 November 2012 First published.

From: Department for Education

Part of: National minimum standards for the welfare of children Schools: departmental advice Running a school or college