Reporting year 2025

Schools eligible for RISE intervention

Data guidance

Published 29 April 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.

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.

Schools eligible for RISE intervention

• Filename: stuck_and_underperforming_schools.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2025 February
• 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.

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_and_category_of_concern_mainstream_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