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Guidance: Boarding schools: national minimum standards

Department For Education

September 1
15:31 2022

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This guidance is for:

  • school leaders
  • school staff

It applies to:

  • boarding schools maintained by the local authority
  • independent boarding schools

It contains a statement of national minimum standards for boarding schools that provide accommodation for children.

National minimum standards for boarding schools: in force from 5 September 2022 is included for reference only.

Schools should continue to follow Boarding schools - national minimum standards: in force until 5 September 2022.

National minimum standards for residential special schools are also available.

Published 1 November 2012
Last updated 1 September 2022 +show all updates
  1. Updated 'National minimum standards for boarding schools: in force from 5 September 2022' to add footnote 44 explaining that standard 20.10 (regarding boarders accessing staff residential accommodation) does not apply to public or shared use spaces. If such a space does exist within staff accommodation, the school should clearly communicate this in relevant policies and have a clear policy on safely managing the use of such spaces. New hyperlinks for QEG and AEGIS also added.

  2. Added 'National minimum standards for boarding schools: in force from 5 September 2022'.

  3. Updated document as a result of Ofsted inspections against the standards, and revisions to the independent school standards.

  4. First published.

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