Fifty-Fifth Report - Education recovery in schools in England
Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee
HC 998
7 June 2023
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-fifth report from Session 2022-23 · published 24 Sep 2023
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Not Addressed
Publish progress measures for 2030 attainment targets, starting with primary pupils, and report annually
Recommendation
The Department has no interim targets to track progress towards the 2030 attainment ambitions set out in the Schools White Paper. The Department has not specified the impact it wants to achieve from its interventions to support education recovery because …
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Government Response Summary
The government response provided addresses a different set of recommendations from the Public Accounts Committee concerning investment, and therefore does not engage with the substance of the recommendation regarding education attainment targets.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
Committee commenced inquiry into Department for Education's school education recovery programme
Conclusion
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Education (the Department) on education recovery in schools.2
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges that the Committee took evidence from the Department for Education about education recovery in schools based on a report by the National Audit Office.
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Conclusion
COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted young people's mental health, necessitating whole-school approach
Conclusion
Evidence submissions from the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, Young Minds and Adoption UK highlighted the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had had on young people’s mental health.10 The Department agreed with Young Minds’ recommendation calling for a …
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