Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) School Improvement Grant

The Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) initiative is a programme by the Department for Education (DfE) that is central to the goal of raising standards for all children in all schools across the country. RISE forms part of the government's Opportunity Mission which focuses on breaking down the barriers to opportunity and ending the link between background and success. The RISE grant will provide mandatory targeted intervention to schools that Ofsted have identified as needing to improve which will act as a catalyst for collaboration and improvement. Where appropriate, RISE teams will arrange for a high-quality organisation to work with a school, via its responsible body, with grants available to fund supporting activity. At the core of RISE are the RISE advisers, who are educational experts with direct experience improving schools. RISE advisers work as part of a wider RISE team within the Department for Education. RISE grants will be issued as a part of targeted intervention, where RISE advisers will engage with the eligible school and its responsible body to consider the school's specific improvement needs, as identified through Ofsted inspections. Ofsted will monitor the school's improvement progress, with RISE teams regularly reviewing implementation progress and engagement with the targeted intervention.