One school “coasting” for almost a decade has escaped the government’s crackdown on serial underperformers, while others who have only recently fallen into the category face intervention.
Since September, new “coasting” powers allow the government to academise or rebroker schools with two or more consecutive less than ‘good’ inspections.
But analysis by Schools Week found 16 schools have avoided academy orders or termination warning notices, despite not moving out of ‘requires improvement’ for at least eight years.
But two schools that only became coasting last year were given termination warning notices.
