special measures
English
Noun
special measures pl (plural only)
- (Britain) External administration for a failing public service such as a school or hospital.
- 2004, K.B. Everard, Geoff Morris, Ian Wilson, Effective School Management, SAGE →ISBN, page 228
- The LEA is required to support schools in special measures or with serious weaknesses.
- 2006, Great Britain. National Audit Office, Improving Poorly Performing Schools in England, The Stationery Office →ISBN, page 37
- Before the 2005 Schools White Paper, schools put into Special Measures have been aware that they might face closure if they did not improve within about two years.
- 2013, Selchouk Sami, The Book on Entrepreneurship and Property: The Guide to Successful Entrepreneurship and Property Investment, AuthorHouse →ISBN, page 78
- The governments new proposals intend to make the following changes and introductions: [...] Placing underperforming council planning departments into “special measures” and allowing developers to bypass them if they fail to improve.
- 2015, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Good Governance Handbook, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) →ISBN, page 22
- These organisations were put into special measures and their boards placed under high levels of scrutiny around how they were focusing on quality and patient safety issues.
- 2004, K.B. Everard, Geoff Morris, Ian Wilson, Effective School Management, SAGE →ISBN, page 228
- (Scotland, law) Judicial systems to protect vulnerable witnesses in courts of law.
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see special, measures.