Accountability hearings

Education Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 17 Mar 2020 Closed: 24 May 2024 Parliament page
The Education Committee holds regular hearings with the Secretary of State for Education and other key figures directly accountable to Parliament. This forms part of the Committee’s ongoing scrutiny of the Department for Education and its associated public bodies.
21 Oral sessions
22 Letters
21 Events
Activity timeline 64 events
19 Dec
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
6 Dec
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
7 Dec
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
22 Nov
2022
22 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
5 Jul
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 21 sessions
Accountability hearing with HMCI Ofsted
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted
Accountability hearing with the Secretary of State
Gillian Keegan · Department for Education Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Accountability hearing with the Secretary of State
Gillian Keegan · Department for Education Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Accountability Hearing: Ofsted
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted Yvette Stanley · Ofsted
Accountability hearing with Dame Rachel De Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England
Dame Rachel de Souza · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England
Accountability hearing with Michelle Donelan MP, Minister for Higher and Further Education
Keith Smith · Department for Education Rt Hon Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
Accountability hearing with the Secretary of State
Andrew McCully · Department for Education Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi · Department for Education
Accountability hearing with Will Quince
Indra Morris · Children’s Services, Communications & Strategy Group Will Quince · Department for Education
Accountability hearing - Secretary of State session
Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi · Department for Education Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Accountability hearing with Ofsted
Dame Christine Ryan · Ofsted
Accountability hearing with Gavin Williamson MP
Ian King · Department for Education Rt Hon Gavin Williamson · Department for Education
Accountability hearing with Amanda Spielman; Safeguarding in Schools
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted Andrew Cook · Ofsted Sean Harford · Ofsted Vanessa Ward · Independent Schools Inspectorate
Accountability hearing: Gillian Keegan MP
Gillian Keegan · Department for Education
Oral evidence; Accountability hearing
Julia Kinniburgh · Department for Education Mike Pettifer · Department for Education Rt Hon. Nick Gibb MP · Department for Education Stephanie Brivio · Department for Education The Baroness Berridge · Department for Education
Accountability hearing
Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
Accountability hearing with Ofsted
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted Yvette Stanley · Ofsted
Accountability hearing
Lucy Smith · Department for Education Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP · Department for Education
Accountability hearings
Anne Longfield OBE · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
Accountability hearings
Michelle Dyson · Department for Education Rt Hon Gavin Williamson · Department for Education Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
Accountability hearings
Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
Accountability hearings
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted Matthew Coffey · Ofsted
Correspondence 22 letters
7 Dec 2022 Supplementary written evidence from His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, following Ofsted’s accountability hearing on 22 November, dated 25 November 2022
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18 Oct 2022 Supplementary evidence from the Children’s Commissioner on the number of children getting back into education
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17 May 2022 Supplementary evidence from the Secretary of State following his appearance before the Committee on 20 April
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13 Jul 2021 To committee Letter from Baroness Berridge providing further evidence following her appearance before the Committee on 29 April 2021, dated 30 June 2021
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23 Mar 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Universities on Opportunity Areas, dated 17 March 2021
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7 Jan 2021 To committee Letter from Dame Glenys Stacey, Acting Chief Regulator of Ofqual, following her appearance before the Committee on 8 December 2020, dated 18 December 2020
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8 Dec 2020 Supplementary evidence from Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector at Ofsted, following her appearance before the Committee on 10 November 2020, dated 1 December 2020
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20 Nov 2020 From committee Letter to the Chair from the Children's Commissioner on childhood vulnerability and the Vulnerability Network, 9 November 2020
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17 Nov 2020 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for School Standards, following his appearance before the Committee on 20 October 2020, dated 11 November 2020
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3 Nov 2020 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Universities, following her appearance before the Committee on 6 October 2020, dated 21 October 2020
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23 Oct 2020 Letter of clarification from the Minister of State for School Standards, following his appearance before the Committee on 20 October 2020, dated 20 October 2020
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21 Oct 2020 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, following his appearance before the Committee on 16 September
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13 Oct 2020 Supplementary evidence from the Office of the Children's Commissioner, following the Children's Commissioner's appearance before the Committee on 6 October 2020
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18 Sep 2020 Correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding 2020 exams, 18 September 2020
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2 Sep 2020 Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Education regarding the recruitment of the Chair of the Office for Students, 25 August 2020
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2 Sep 2020 From committee Letter to the Secretary of State for Education regarding recruitment of the Chair of the Office for Students, 7 August 2020
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29 Jul 2020 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State, on Recruitment of the Chair of the Office for Students, 22 July 2020.
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15 Jul 2020 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, on the recruitment process for a new Children’s Commissioner, 4 July 2020
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15 Jul 2020 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, on the recruitment of a new Social Mobility Commission Chair, 9 July 2020
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17 Jun 2020 Correspondence from the Department for Education on changes to Ofqual board membership, 8 June 2020
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18 May 2020 To committee Letter from the Harris Federation regarding Ofsted
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12 May 2020 To committee Letter from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector on the work of Ofsted during lockdown
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