Independent school enforcement letters list
Updated 10 March 2025
Applies to England
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As of 28 February 2025, the Department for Education was taking enforcement action against these independent schools.
We take enforcement action against schools which do not meet the independent school standards, and do not improve quickly.
Enforcement action can be:
- a relevant restriction on the proprietor of a school
- de-registration, which removes the school from the register of independent schools
Relevant restrictions can include, for example:
- barring the admission of new pupils to the school
- stopping part of the school’s operation
It is a criminal offence to operate an unregistered school, or for a proprietor to breach a relevant restriction.
Read a full inspection report on the individual school’s website, or search for a school’s latest report on the Ofsted or Independent Schools Inspectorate websites.
| School | Local authority | Inspectorate | Decision letter date | Enforcement type | Date enforcement came into effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-Spired Centre of Excellence | Bedford | Ofsted | 17 May 2023 | Deregistration | 26 January 2024 |
| Training and Skills Centre | Bradford | Ofsted | 27 September 2023 | Relevant restriction | 1 December 2024 |
| Al Jamiah Al Islamiyyah | Bolton | Ofsted | 27 June 2023 | Subject to terms of consent order issued by first-tier tribunal | 4 August 2023 |
| Institute of Islamic Education | Kirklees | Ofsted | 10 March 2022 | Deregistration | 7 January 2023 |
| Homeschool | Sandwell | Ofsted | 21 July 2021 | Deregistration | 7 December 2022 |
| Wiznitz Cheder School | Hackney | Ofsted | 22 November 2021 | Relevant restriction | 12 September 2022 |
| Lubavitch Senior Boys’ School | Barnet | Ofsted | 13 October 2021 | Deregistration | 3 April 2024 |
| Bnois Jerusalem Girls School | Hackney | Ofsted | 24 August 2021 | Relevant restriction | 12 October 2021 |
| TTD Gur School | Hackney | Ofsted | 23 August 2021 | Relevant restriction | 8 January 2020 |
| Cheshire Alternative Provision School | Cheshire East | Ofsted | 12 July 2023 | Deregistration | 7 September 2023 |