Department For Education
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The 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 thestandards after being under regulatory action or where the failings are of a serious nature DfE s 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 13 January 2025
+show all updates 13 January 2025 Updated 'Independent school warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 December 2024.
13 September 2024 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 August 2024.
9 May 2024 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 30 April 2024.
5 April 2024 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 March 2024.
20 March 2024 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 29 February 2024.
13 February 2024 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 January 2024.
4 January 2024 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 December 2023.
14 November 2023 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 October 2023.
6 October 2023 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 1 October 2023.
5 September 2023 Added 'Independent school: enforcement letters list' and zip folder 'Independent school: enforcement letters and notices'.
1 August 2023 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 31 July 2023.
11 May 2023 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of 28 April 2023.
11 April 2023 Updated 'Independent schools: warning notices' with the schools subject to regulatory action as of the 5th of April 2023.
10 March 2023 First published.