What will the new RISE Scheme mean for schools and academy trusts?
The DfE鈥檚 newly unveiled Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) Scheme has been met with a mixture of anticipation and scepticism. The scheme seeks to provide consistency and support across each region when it comes to school improvement.
Groups of civil servants and advisers will start supporting schools in 2025 and will be 鈥渟trongly informed鈥 by the new Ofsted report cards, after September 2025.
The report cards will determine one of three categories:
- Minimal issues with strong capacity requiring 鈥渦niversal support鈥.
- One or several issues needing 鈥渢argeted support鈥.
- Those 鈥渞equiring intervention鈥.
Currently, there鈥檚 clear separation between Ofsted鈥檚 judgement powers and the DfE鈥檚 intervention powers. The DfE will need to provide further clarity on the role and powers that will be vested in the RISE teams and how this will fit with the legal status of academy trusts.
Education lawyer Charlotte Antoniou comments: 鈥淎t the core of any academy trust or school鈥檚 strategy, is usually the drive to 鈥渆levate educational standards and foster excellence鈥, which is at the heart of the RISE Scheme. However, speaking with some of those leaders about this new scheme, there are growing concerns about the vagueness and the actual powers vested in the RISE teams required to effect meaningful change.鈥
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said: 鈥淔or too long, support for school improvement has been fragmented and complex. I want to change that.鈥, likely referencing the 鈥榯wo-tier鈥 system of maintained schools and academies.
Does there need to be seamless cooperation between local authorities and academy trusts for the RISE Scheme to succeed?
The success of RISE will be in the detail. We鈥檒l be following developments closely and will provide further guidance on what RISE will mean for schools and trusts, once we have more clarity on its implementation and powers.
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