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Independent schools: warning notices and enforcement letters

Schools currently failing to meet the independent school standards.

From:
Department for Education
Published
10 March 2023
Last updated
10 March 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

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皇冠体育app 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聽standards after being under regulatory action or where the failings are of a serious nature

DfE鈥檚 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

Updates to this page

Published 10 March 2023
Last updated 10 March 2025 show all updates

  1. Updated the enforcement letters list, with the schools subject to enforcement action as of 28 February 2025.

  2. Updated name of school to St Catherine's School (Richmond upon Thames) in 'Independent school warning notices'. Added Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah, E-Spired Centre of Excellence, and Training and Skills Centre to 'Independent school enforcement letters list.

  3. Updated 'Independent school warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 December 2024.

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

  5. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 30 April 2024.

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

  7. Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 29 February 2024.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  16. First published.

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