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Independent schools: warning notices and enforcement letters

Schools currently failing to meet the independent school standards.

Applies to England

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The Department for Education (DfE) issues warning notices and enforcement letters to independent schools that fail to meet the independent school standards.

DfE will issue:

  • a statutory warning notice, in the first instance, subjecting the school to regulatory action
  • an enforcement letter if an independent school is not meeting the standards after being under regulatory action or where the failings are of a serious nature

DfE’s regulatory and enforcement action policy statement provides further information on:

  • how we regulate independent schools in England
  • the processes to manage those that continue to fail to meet the standards
Published 10 March 2023
Last updated 20 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 29 February 2024.

  2. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 January 2024.

  3. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 December 2023.

  4. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 October 2023.

  5. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 1 October 2023.

  6. Added 'Independent school: enforcement letters list' and zip folder 'Independent school: enforcement letters and notices'.

  7. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 July 2023.

  8. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 28 April 2023.

  9. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of the 5th of April 2023.

  10. First published.