Children throughout the South West are due to receive focused support as part of efforts to boost school outcomes.
The support is part of the government’s Plan for Change and will involve 47 schools in the region, reaching more than 19,000 pupils.
Georgia Gould, education minister, said: "Every child deserves a brilliant education – but for too long, stuck schools have been left to struggle alone, sacrificing the opportunities of the next generation.
"This government’s RISE teams are now jump-starting school improvement in all corners of the country, improving attendance, behaviour and learning for over 19,000 children in the South West alone.
"It is great to see the success the teams are having so far, driving high and rising standards as part of our Plan for Change, so that every child can succeed, regardless of their background."
From this term, teams of school improvement experts - called RISE teams - are nearly doubling their reach to over 350 schools.
Their focus is on ‘stuck’ schools that have received consecutive poor Ofsted judgements.
The teams are now due to reach more than 200,000 children in total, with the full list of benefitting schools available at gov.uk/government/publications/rise-programme-lists-of-advisers-and-schools.
The RISE programme has expanded this term to include 26 additional schools in the South West, with over 9,000 more pupils benefitting.
Nationally, almost 100,000 more children in stuck schools will benefit from new school improvement teams.
Later this term, the government will consult on how these teams could directly support schools with the lowest levels of attainment.
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