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# requires improvement

phrase (verb phrase; also adjective use: a requires-improvement school)

«requires improvement» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (euphemism, official, UK) the third of four inspection grades for schools and services in England, meaning the place is not good enough.
2. generally, needs to get better.

### In the lessons

Used by UK school inspectors (Ofsted) and in school reports; the phrase sounds gentle but is a warning that the school or work is poor. Official, UK.

### Examples

- The inspectors rated the school as requires improvement.
- After the visit the school was graded requires improvement.
- Your handwriting requires improvement, Max.
- Parents worried when the school got requires improvement.
- The hospital ward requires improvement, the report said.
- "Requires improvement just means bad, in nice words," said my big sister.

### Note

In England it replaced the older grade "satisfactory". Stands for "not good enough". In ranking problems it comes after outstanding and good, before inadequate.