Education Recovery in Schools

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 20 Jan 2023 Closed: 24 Sep 2023 Parliament page
The disruption to schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic led to learning loss, particularly in certain parts of the country and among children with special educational needs and disabilities, and disadvantaged children. In response to the loss of learning the Department for Education (DfE) developed various catch-up learning initiatives for the … Read more
9 Recommendations
20 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
24 Sep
2023
Report published
7 Jun
2023
Report published
17 Apr
2023
Correspondence
9 Mar
2023
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
9 Mar 2023
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Education recovery in schools
Andrew McCully · Department for Education Graham Archer · Department for Education Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifty-Fifth Report - Education recovery in schools in England HC 998 7 Jun 2023 29 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
16 Recommendation Acknowledged
Fifty-Fifth Report - Education rec…
Department's SEND improvement plan faces significant delays, extending national implementation beyond 2025.
We have been regularly pressing the Department to improve its support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) since we reported on this subject in May 2020.31 The Department finally published the results of its SEND review in … Read more
Government Response
The government commits £2.6 billion to the SEND and AP improvement plan and £2.9 billion in pupil premium funding, stating it is taking the plan forward, but does not address the committee's concerns about the delays in plan publication or the extended national implementation timeframe.
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17 Recommendation Acknowledged
Fifty-Fifth Report - Education rec…
Delays in establishing SEND national standards attributed to co-creation and specific priority areas.
We asked the Department why the process was taking so long and specifically why it was not expecting to have a full set of new national standards even by the end of 2025. The Department said that it had made … Read more
Government Response
The government outlines its commitment to investing in the SEND and AP improvement plan and pupil premium funding, confirming it is taking the plan forward, but does not address the committee's concerns regarding the slow timeline for developing new national standards.
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Government Response AI assessment · 28 of 9 classified
Accepted 12
Accepted in Part 5
Acknowledged 2
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 7
Total 9 recs + 20 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
17 Apr 2023 Correspondence from Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, re Public Account Committee Oral Evidence Session “Education recovery in schools”– 9 March – corrections 30 April 2023
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