Reporting year 2025

Schools eligible for RISE intervention

Data guidance

Published 9 September 2025

Data on numbers and types of schools that the DfE considers to be potentially eligible for improvement intervention on the basis of their Ofsted inspections. It considers for how long such schools’ Ofsted results demonstrate underperformance (to date) and which are being targeted for policy intervention from RISE (Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence) advisers and teams. It also presents data on attainment, absence, exclusions and suspensions, and pupil characteristics for these schools. 

These data were derived by using consecutive publications from Ofsted management information on state-funded school inspections and outcomes (opens in a new tab). Schools are matched on their unique reference numbers (URN) to create a history of inspection outcomes.

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

School eligible for RISE intervention

• Filename: Stuck_and_underperforming_schools_september_2025.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2025 June
• Content:
  Data on numbers and types of schools that the DfE considers to be potentially eligible for improvement intervention on the basis of their Ofsted inspections. It shows for how long such schools’ Ofsted results demonstrate underperformance (to date).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
mainstream_academies_in_category_of_concern_inspected_as_academies	Academies in category of concern
pupils_in_stuck_mainstream_academies_inspected_twice_as_academies	Pupils in Stuck Mainstream Academies
pupils_in_stuck_schools	Pupils in Stuck State Funded Schools
RISE_support_schools_below_good_for_over_11_years	RISE supported schools reported as below good for 11 or more years
RISE_support_schools_years_below_good	Years RISE supported schools have been rated below good
schools_in_receipt_of_RISE_support	Schools in receipt of RISE Support
stuck_mainstream_academies_inspected_twice_as_academies	Underperforming schools
stuck_schools	Stuck State Funded Schools
stuck_schools_years_below_good	Years stuck schools have been rated below good

KS2_2024

• Filename: 202324_ks2_national_char_StuckRiseCoC_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2023/24
• Content:
  Data for the share of end KS2 pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at stuck, category of concern and targeted RISE intervention schools (by disadvantaged status and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown_disadvantage	Pupil characteristics grouping - filter for disadvantaged pupils or other pupils
breakdown_school_grouping	School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools, stuck schools or category of concern schools
breakdown_topic_for_pupil_characteristics	Which pupil characteristics grouping is the data broken down by - filter by pupil characteristics grouping of interest
no_schools	Number of schools
pt_rwm_met_expected_standard	Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined)
t_rwm_eligible_pupils	Number of eligible pupils in reading, writing and maths

Footnotes

1. The presented key stage 2 performance figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.
2. There are a small number of stuck schools, category of concern schools and targeted RISE intervention schools which have primary phase pupils, but which did not have end of key stage 2 pupils in 2024.

KS4_2024

• Filename: 202324_ks4_national_char_StuckRiseCoC_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2023/24
• Content:
  Data for the average Attainment 8 outcomes of end KS4 pupils at stuck, category of concern and targeted RISE intervention schools (by disadvantaged status and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
avg_att8	Average Attainment 8 score
breakdown_disadvantage	Pupil characteristics grouping - filter for disadvantaged pupils or other pupils
breakdown_school_grouping	School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools, stuck schools or category of concern schools
breakdown_topic_for_pupil_characteristics	Which pupil characteristics grouping is the data broken down by - filter by pupil characteristics grouping of interest
t_pupils	Number of pupils at the end of KS4
t_schools	Number of schools

Footnotes

1. The presented key stage 4 performance figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.
2. There are a small number of stuck schools, category of concern schools and targeted RISE intervention schools which have secondary phase pupils, but which did not have end of key stage 4 pupils in 2024.

Absence_202324

• Filename: 202324_absence_national_StuckRiseCoC_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2023/24
• Content:
  Data for absence rates for pupils at stuck, category of concern and targeted RISE intervention schools (by phase and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown_school_grouping	School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools, stuck schools or category of concern schools
education_phase	School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)
num_schools	Number of schools
sess_authorised_percent	Authorised absence rate
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_unauthorised_percent	Unauthorised reasons rate

Footnotes

1. The presented absence figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.

Absence_202425Aut

• Filename: 202425_Aut_absence_national_StuckRiseCoC_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2024/25 Autumn term
• Content:
  Data for absence rates for pupils at stuck, category of concern and targeted RISE intervention schools (by phase and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown_school_grouping	School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools, stuck schools or category of concern schools
education_phase	School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
enrolments	Number of pupil enrolments
enrolments_pa_10_exact_percent	Percentage of persistent absentees (10% or more missed)
enrolments_pa_50_exact_percent	Percentage of severe absentees (50% or more missed)
num_schools	Number of schools
sess_authorised_percent	Authorised absence rate
sess_overall_percent	Overall absence rate
sess_unauthorised_percent	Unauthorised reasons rate

Footnotes

1. The presented absence figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.
2. A small number of stuck schools and category of concern schools do not have absence data available for autumn term 2024/25. The situation when absence data is not collected for a school is explained in section 4.6 of the methodology note contained within the Autumn term 2024/25 Pupil absence in schools in England publication.

Suspensions and Exclusions_202324

• Filename: 202324_AY_exclusions_national_StuckRiseCoC_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2023/24
• Content:
  Data for suspension rates and permanent exclusions rates for pupils at stuck, category of concern and targeted RISE intervention schools (by phase and compared to equivalent national averages).

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown_school_grouping	School grouping breakdown - filter for targeted RISE intervention schools, stuck schools or category of concern schools
education_phase	School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
headcount	Headcount of pupils
perm_excl_rate	Rate of permanent exclusions (number of permanent exclusions per 100 pupils)
susp_rate	Rate of suspensions (number of suspensions per 100 pupils)

Footnotes

1. The presented suspension and exclusions figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.

PupilCharacteristics_Jan2025

• Filename: 202425_fsm_ethnicity_national_StuckRiseCoC_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2024/25
• Content:
  Data for the share of pupils at stuck, category of concern and targeted RISE intervention schools who are eligible for free school meals and classified within each ethnicity (minor) category.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown_school_grouping	School grouping breakdown - filter for Active targeted RISE intervention schools, stuck schools or category of concern schools
characteristic	Pupil characteristics grouping - filter for an individual charactertistic grouping
characteristic_group	Which pupil characteristics grouping is the data broken down by - filter by pupil characteristics topic of interest
denominator	Total number of pupils across all ethnicity categories and all fsm eligibility status categories
fsm_eligibility	FSM eligibility grouping - filter for pupils known to be eligible for free schools meals (or not)
number_of_pupils	Number of pupils for selected ethnicity category and fsm eligibility status category
phase_type_grouping	School phase - filter for mainstream primary or mainstream secondary
share_of_all_pupils	Share of pupils in selected ethnicity category and fsm eligibility status category

Footnotes

1. The presented pupil characteristics figures are for state-funded mainstream schools within each of the listed categories.