Question follow-through · 93135

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with trust chief executives on the (i) recruitment and (ii) role of regional improvement for standards and excellence advisors.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with trust chief executives on the (i) recruitment and (ii) role of regional improvement for standards and excellence advisors.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Regional improvement for standards excellence (RISE) teams have already paired over 350 schools with RISE advisers and supporting organisations, including some of our strongest trusts with a record of turning around struggling schools, to share expertise ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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