COVID-19: Education

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 8 Feb 2021 Closed: 5 Aug 2021 Parliament page
Towards the end of March 2020, as part of the measures taken to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, schools closed to all pupils except vulnerable children and children of key workers. Some year groups returned to school in June, but most children did not return until September 2020. Therefore, for several … Read more
12 Recommendations
22 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
14 Sep
2021
Correspondence
2 Sep
2021
Report published
26 May
2021
Report published
25 Mar
2021
Oral evidence
22 Mar
2021
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
25 Mar 2021
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COVID-19: Education
Andrew McCully · Department for Education Mike Pettifer · Department for Education Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - COVID-19: Support for children’s education HC 240 26 May 2021 34 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
1 Conclusion Not Addressed
Third Report - COVID-19: Support f…
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Education (the Department) on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring and summer 2020, and on how it is supporting … Read more
Government Response
The government provides a boilerplate introductory statement acknowledging the Committee's report and stating that the document serves as its response.
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10 Recommendation Not Addressed
Third Report - COVID-19: Support f…
We asked the Department whether its definition of ‘vulnerable children’ remained relevant in light of...
We asked the Department whether its definition of ‘vulnerable children’ remained relevant in light of the pandemic. The Department explained that two elements of the definition that it used to decide who could access a school place—children with a social … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the recommendation but its response focuses on data collection on children's social care referrals and recovery funds, completely failing to address the request to consider clarifying guidance on vulnerable children for schools.
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Government Response AI assessment · 33 of 12 classified
Accepted 19
Acknowledged 6
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 6
Total 12 recs + 22 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
14 Sep 2021 Correspondence from Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, re 3rd PAC Report of Session 2020-21 – COVID 19: Support for children’s education, dated 1 August 2021
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22 Mar 2021 Correspondence from Paul Whiteman, General Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers, re concerns about educational disadvantage, dated 17 March 2021
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