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Guidance
Residential special schools: national minimum standards
- From:
- Department for Education
- Part of:
- National minimum standards for the welfare of children, Schools: departmental advice, and Special educational needs and disability (SEND)
- Published:
- 1 November 2012
- Last updated:
- 24 March 2015, see all updates
- Applies to:
- England
Guidance for special schools providing residential accommodation for any child.
Documents
Residential special schools: national minimum standards
Ref: DFE-00119-2015 PDF, 351KB, 28 pages
Details
Guidance for:
- school leaders
- school staff
It applies to:
- state-funded special schools
- independent residential special schools
It contains a statement of national minimum standards.
Special schools support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
The ‘Boarding schools: national minimum standards’ apply to all other schools that provide accommodation for children.
Document information
Published: 1 November 2012
Updated: 24 March 2015
- Updated document as a result of Ofsted inspections against the standards, and revisions to the independent school standards.
- First published.