You should also be aware of how this guidance affects your school if youre part of a:
diocese
school foundation
governing body of maintained schools
academy trust
Statutory guidance sets out what schools and local authorities must do to comply with the law. You should follow the guidance unless you have a very good reason not to.
Published 2 May 2014 Last updated 1 September 2022 +show all updates
Replaced 2 documents with updated guidance (from 1 September 2022).
Added the document Schools causing concern: guidance for local authorities and regional directors (from 1 September 2022). Changed the name of the existing guidance to include the date it was issued (March 2022).
Updated guidance to reflect changes to the School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering grant and who can request that a schools academy order is revoked when a school is due to close.
Updated page 31 of the guidance to provide clarity about the factors the Secretary of State will take into account when considering a request to revoke an academy order.
Updated guidance to reflect current policy, including: removal of references to coasting and floor standards; how our school support offer will work in 2019 to 2020; how LAs have a legal obligation to inform the department when they use their intervention powers; a new section on academies causing concern; information on financial intervention in academies; and Pupil Referral Unit intervention guidance. No new policy has been introduced that has not already been publicly announced.
Updated guidance with changes regarding accountability and roles in the schools system.
Updated to clarify the indicators that are taken into account for warning notices.
Updated to describe new process for schools that meet the coasting definition.
Updated page 21 of 'Schools causing concern: guidance for local authorities and RSCs' to cover the use of writing data in 2017.
Added the 'DfE intervention powers in pupil referral units judged inadequate by Ofsted' document.
Added revised statutory guidance, which applies from 18 April 2016.
Added a link to the consultation 'Intervening in failing, underperforming and coasting schools'.
Updated to describe local authority accountability over governance in maintained schools, and over performance, special educational needs and safeguarding in academies.
