Select Committee on Education and Skills Second Report


ANNEX - Programmes of Visits

Programme of Birmingham Visit

  
Monday 16 September
12.00Committee has a working lunch with Birmingham LEA - Birmingham Council House
14.30Press Conference
15.00Briefings by the Government Office for West Midlands and by Birmingham LEA
16.30Private briefings by Ofsted
19.00Formal oral evidence from Professor Tim Brighouse
20.00Working dinner with Professor Ted Wragg and Professor Brighouse - Saasicaia Room, Hotel du Vin.
  
Tuesday 17 September
09.00Committee divides: visits to Al-Furqan Primary School or Fairfax School
11.30Committee divides: visits to Sheldon Heath School or Castle Vale School
14.30Private meeting of the Committee
15.00Formal oral evidence from Birmingham Race Action Partnership and Birmingham Partnership for Change
16.30Formal Oral evidence from teachers
20.00Open Forum: Committee meets Birmingham's parents at the Council House
  
Wednesday 18 September
9.00Committee divides into three groups: visits to King Edward VI High School or King Edward VI Camp Hill School or Broadway School
12.00Committee divides into three groups: visits to Four Dwellings High School or Allens Croft Primary School or Priestly Smith School and Perry Beeches School
15.15Formal oral evidence from Headteachers
16.30Formal evidence from School Governors
20.00Dinner hosted by University of Birmingham
  
Thursday 19 September 2002
08.30Committee divides: visits Oakdale centre (a pupil referral unit) or Turves Green Girls Technology College
11.30Committee divides: visits George Dixon or The Women's Academy
14.45Private meeting of the Committee
15.15Formal oral evidence: Professor David Gillborn and Dr Simon Warren
16.30Formal oral evidence: Learning & Skills Council for Birmingham & Solihull
19.30Reception hosted by the Committee at Café Lazeez
  
Friday 20 September 2002
09.15Formal oral evidence: Professor Tim Brighouse
11.30Press conference
12.15Working lunch with LEA

  

Programme of visit to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand

  
Sunday 13 October 2002
17.00Briefing by British High Commissioner
  
Monday 14 October 2002
09.00Meetings with Ministry of Education
11.00Meeting with New Zealand Trustees Association
12.00Working Lunch hosted by the British High Commissioner
13.30Meeting at Education Review Office
15.00Meeting with Education Forum
16.00Meeting with National Education Monitoring Plan
  
Tuesday 15 October 2002
07.30Breakfast meeting with New Zealand Education and Science Select Committee
09.00Meeting with the Minister of Education
10.00Visit to Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools
11.30Fly to Auckland
14.00Briefing by the Ministry of Education
14.30Round Table Discussion with the Ethnic Education Group Forum
  
Wednesday 16 October 2002
07.30Working breakfast hosted by the British Council
09.00Committee divides: Visits to Mountain View Primary School or Macleans College Secondary School
12.30Lunch hosted by Manakau Institute of Technology
13.30Meeting with Community Stakeholders at Manakau Institute of Technology
16.00Visit to Auckland College Education
18.00Reception at Consulate General for the Marine Industry Association and GBR Challenge
  
Thursday 17 October 2002
09.00Committee divides: Visits to St Ignatius Primary School or Southern Cross Campus Secondary School
12.30Lunch hosted by the Forest Industry Training Organisation
13.30Committee divides: Visits to CompeteNZ ITO or the Royal Oak Primary School
16.00Meeting with PPTA union representatives at the Epsom Girls Grammar School
18.00Reception hosted by British Consulate General
  
Friday 18 October 2002
09.00Committee divides: Visits to Onehunga High Secondary School or Auckland Girls' Grammar School
13.30Committee divides: Visits to the Royal Oak Intermediate School or the Kowhai Intermediate School




 
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