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Notices to academy trusts and schools in the East of England

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 Jonathan Duff, Department for Education (DfE) Regional Director for the East of 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 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 15 May 2026 show all updates
  1. Added notices for 'Harwich and Dovercourt High School (Essex)' and 'Neale-Wade Academy (Cambridgeshire)' to 'Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement'.

  2. Added 'Riverside Meadows Academy (Cambridgeshire): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement'.

  3. Added 'Westbourne Academy (Ipswich): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements'.

  4. Added 'Columbus School and College (Essex): warning notice' to the collection.

  5. Added 'Queen Katharine Academy (Peterborough): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement'.

  6. Added 'Stone Lodge Academy (Suffolk): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement'.

  7. Added 'Chase High School (Essex): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements'.

  8. Added 'Windmill Hill School (Luton): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements'.

  9. Added 'Two Village Church of England Primary School (Essex): warning notice' under the heading 'Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements'.

  10. Added 'Gilbert Inglefield Academy (Bedfordshire): warning notice' to the 'Warning notices: ''inadequate' Ofsted judgements' section.

  11. Added 'St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School (Haverhill): warning notice' and 'Valley Primary Academy (Norwich): warning notice' to 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements.

  12. Added 'Langham Oaks (Essex): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements'.

  13. Added 'Hillside Primary School (Suffolk): warning notice', 'Gusford Community Primary School (Suffolk): warning notice', 'Ridgeway Academy (Hertfordshire): warning notice' and 'Hertswood Academy (Boreham Wood): warning notice' to warning notices: academies not making necessary improvements. Added 'The Cornelius Vermuyden School (Essex): warning notice' and 'All Saints Academy Dunstable (Bedfordshire): warning notice' to warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements.

  14. First published.