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Warning notices to academies in the North West

Notices issued to academy trusts following an Ofsted inspection at an academy.

Notices from Vicky Beer, Department for Education (DfE) Regional Director for the North West, to academy trusts about academies causing concern.

The guidance on support and intervention in schools provides details on the action that鈥痳egional directors鈥痬ay take when academies are underperforming or have weaknesses in safeguarding, governance or financial management.

A spreadsheet listing all notices about underperformance issued to academy trusts is also available.

Notices and letters published before September 2022 are available in a separate collection of legacy notices.

Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgement

Notices issued by DfE regional directors to academies judged 鈥榬equires significant improvement鈥� by Ofsted, after 2 September 2024.

Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements

Notices issued by DfE regional directors to academies judged as requiring 鈥榮pecial measures鈥� by Ofsted, after 2 September 2024.

Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements

Notices from DfE regional directors to academies that were judged 鈥業nadequate鈥� by Ofsted, up until the 2 September 2024 when the Ofsted single word judgement system was revised.

Updates to this page

Published 26 January 2024
Last updated 7 March 2025 show all updates
  1. Added 'St Michael鈥檚 Church of England High School (Crosby): warning notice' to the section 'Warning notices: Inadequate Ofsted Judgements'.

  2. Added 'St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary School (Carlisle): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'special measures' Ofsted judgements. Added 'Sir William Stanier School (Crewe): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'requires significant improvement' Ofsted judgements.

  3. Added 'Arbour Academy (Salford): warning notice' to the section 'Warning notices: Inadequate Ofsted Judgements'.

  4. Added 'Reddish Vale High School (Stockport): warning notice' and 'St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School (Bacup, Lancashire): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements' section.

  5. Added 'Finch Woods Academy (Liverpool): warning notice' to 'Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements' section.

  6. Added 'Werneth School (Stockport): warning notice' to Warning notices: 'inadequate' Ofsted judgements.

  7. First published.