Guidance

Residential special schools: national minimum standards

Guidance for special schools providing residential accommodation for any child.

Published 1 November 2012
Last updated 24 March 2015 — see all updates
From:
Department for Education
Applies to:
England

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.

Published 1 November 2012
Last updated 24 March 2015 + show all updates
  1. Updated document as a result of Ofsted inspections against the standards, and revisions to the independent school standards.
  2. First published.