He contacted the leaders to “remind” them of the support available through the universal RISE programme, telling them to “please consider” accessing it. A DfE spokesperson stressed that the figures “for schools where pupil numbers are low [are] not published to protect individual privacy”. “We are clear that all schools can engage with the universal RISE offer, which has been designed with all types of schools in mind,” the spokesperson continued. Two of his schools received the letters. Schools targetedThe analysis suggests that 61 per cent of the schools which received Coulson’s letter were run by an academy trust, with the rest under local authority oversight.