14 EDUCATION
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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons
on 12 July 2010.
Members
Stuart, Mr Graham (Chair)
Burns, Conor (discharged 2.11.10)
Carmichael, Neil (added 2.11.10)
Cunningham, Alex (added 7.11.11)
Dakin, Nic (added 12.7.10; discharged 7.11.11)
Esterson, Bill (added 2.11.10)
Glass, Pat
Hinds, Damian
Kendall, Liz (discharged 2.11.10)
Leslie, Charlotte
Mearns, Ian
Munt, Tessa
Nandy, Lisa
Whittaker, Craig
Overall Attendance:
| Meetings attended
76 out of 76
4 out of 9
57 out of 67
17 out of 25
43 out of 51
25 out of 67
62 out of 76
71 out of 76
6 out of 9
54 out of 76
65 out of 76
64 out of 76
46 out of 76
59 out of 76
77.6 %
|
Total number of meetings:
| 76 |
Of which: |
|
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken
| 62 |
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private
| 1 |
Number of wholly private meetings
| 14 |
Other activities | |
Informal meetings (including overseas visitors)
| 1 |
Conferences/Seminars hosted
| 3 |
Staff
Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during
the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.
Specialist Advisers during the Session
Professor Michael Cresswell, Professor David Berridge,
Marion Davis CBE, Dr John Dunford,
Dr David Moore CBE, Nick Peacey, Dame Denise Platt
DBE, Professor Alan Smithers, Mr Tony Travers, Professor Geoff
Whitty, and Tom Wylie
Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
| |
Number of appearances by:
| |
Cabinet Ministers | 5
|
Ministers (other than Cabinet Ministers)
| 12 |
Members of the House of Commons (other than Ministers)
| 2 |
Members of the House of Lords
| 3 |
Number of appearances by officials from, or representatives of:
| |
Ofqual | 3
|
Department for Education
| 5 |
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted)
| 7 |
Office of the Children's Commissioner
| 1 |
Youth Justice Board |
1 |
Appearances by other witnesses:
| 263 |
Overseas Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
25-27.8.10 | Mexico CityA
| Stuart |
| World Youth Conference 2010
| £4,021 |
15-18.2.11 | Berlin and Helsinki
| Stuart, Carmichael, Dakin, Mearns, Nandy
| 2 | Inquiries into Ofsted and Youth Services
| £14,869 |
5.2.12 | Singapore
| Stuart, Cunningham, Glass, Mearns, Nandy, Whittaker
| 2 | Inquiries into Exams and Teachers
| £21,466 |
A
Travel in a representative capacity
Visits to European Institutions
None
UK Visits
Date | Destination
| Members | Staff
| Purpose | Cost
|
19.10.10 | New Woodlands School, Lewisham
| Stuart, Dakin, Glass, Hinds, Leslie, Munt, Whittaker
| 2 | Inquiry into Behaviour and discipline in schools
| £65 |
11.11.10 | Leicester
| Stuart, Dakin, Esterson, Hinds, Munt, Whittaker
| 5A | Inquiry into Behaviour and discipline in schools
| £1,270 |
30.11.10 | Birmingham
| Stuart, Dakin, Munt, Whittaker
| 1 | Visit offices of the General Teaching Council for England
| £561 |
7.12.10 | Richmond
| Stuart, Munt | 1
| Inquiry into Behaviour and discipline in schools
| £46 |
6.9.11 | Department for Education
| Stuart, Carmichael, Dakin, Esterson, Leslie, Mearns, Nandy, Whittaker
| 3 | Inquiry into the Administration of the Department
| Nil |
20.10.11 | Doncaster and Barnsley
| Stuart, Glass, Mearns, Whittaker
| 1 | Inquiry into Child Protection
| £314 |
8.12.11 | Tyneside
| Cunningham, Whittaker, Glass
| 1 | Visit to Silverdale School, North Tyneside
| £355 |
12.1.12 | Rugby
| Stuart, Whittaker | 1
| Inquiry into "Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers"
| £190 |
1.3.12 | Tower Hamlets and Hackney
| Stuart, Cunningham, Leslie, Mearns, Munt
| 1 | Inquiry into Child Protection
| Nil |
5-6.3.12 | York
| Stuart, Glass, Hinds, Mearns, Whittaker
| 6C | Inquiries into "Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers" and Child Protection
| £1,212 |
A
Includes two specialist advisers
B
Includes a specialist adviser
C
Includes a specialist adviser and a shorthand writer
Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
Title | HC No. (2010-12)
| Date of publication
| Government reply
|
First Report: Behaviour and Discipline in Schools
| 516-I | 3.2.11
| Received 27.06.11: published as Sixth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Behaviour and Discipline in Schools
| 516-II | 3.2.11
| Not applicable |
Second Report: The role and performance of Ofsted
| 570-I | 17.4.11
| Received 28.06.11: published as Seventh Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: The role and performance of Ofsted
| 570-II | 17.4.11
| Not applicable |
Third Report: Services for young people
| 744-I | 23.6.11
| Received 12.9.11: Published with Sixth Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Services for young people
| 744-II | 23.6.11
| Not applicable |
Fourth Report: Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
| 850-I | 19.7.11
| Received 31.10.11: published as Eighth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Oral and Written Evidence: Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training
| 850-II | 19.7.11
| Not applicable |
Fifth Report: The English Baccalaureate
| 851 | 28.7.11
| Received 1.11.11: published as Ninth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Sixth Report: Services for young people: the Government response
| 1501 | 17.10.11
| Received 10.01.12: published as Tenth Special Report, Session 2010-12
|
Seventh Report: Appointment of HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted
| 1607-I | 3.11.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Appointment of HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted
| 1607-II | 1.12.11
| Not applicable |
Eighth Report: Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations
| 1764-I | 3.2.12
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations
| 1764-II | 28.3.12
| Not applicable |
Ninth Report: Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best
| 1515-I | 1.5.12
| Awaited |
Oral and Written Evidence: Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best
| 1515-II | 1.5.12
| Not applicable |
First Special Report: Young people not in education, employment or training: Government response to the Children, Schools and Families Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2009-10
| 416 | 26.7.10
| Not applicable |
Second Special Report: The Early Years Single Funding Formula: Government Response to the Seventh Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2009-10
| 524 | 25.10.10
| Not applicable |
Third Special Report: Transforming Education Outside the Classroom: Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Sixth Report of the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2009-10
| 525 | 25.10.10
| Not applicable |
Fourth Special Report: Sure Start Children's Centres: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2009-10
| 768 | 28.1.11
| Not applicable |
Fifth Special Report: Looked-after Children: Further Government Response to the Third Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2008-09
| 924 | 4.4.11
| Not applicable
|
Sixth Special Report: Behaviour and Discipline in Schools: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2010-12
| 1316 | 27.6.11
| Not applicable |
Seventh Special Report: The role and Performance of Ofsted: Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Second Report of the Committee Session 2010-12
| 1317 | 28.6.11
| Not applicable |
Eighth Special Report: Participation by 16-19 year olds in education and training: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1572 | 31.10.11
| Not applicable |
Ninth Special Report: The English Baccalaureate: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1577 | 1.11.11
| Not applicable |
Tenth Special Report: Services for Young People: the Government response: Government response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2010-12
| 1736 | 16.1.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Building Schools for the Future and future capital spending
| 394-i | 16.9.10
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: The responsibilities of the Secretary of State
| 395-i | 27.10.10
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Child Safeguarding
| 465-i | 2.11.10
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Spending Review Settlement for the Department for Education
| 627-i &ii | 15.3.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Schools White Paper 2010
| 674-i | 15.3.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Looked-after children
| 678-i | 16.2.11
| Not applicable |
Oral and Written Evidence: Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator 2010
| 782-i | 9.6.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Wolf Review of Vocational Education
| 925-i | 9.6.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Special Educational Needs Green Paper
| 1019-i | 16.8.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Jamie's Dream School
| 1169-i | 19.7.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Health Visitors
| 1170-i | 27.10.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Munro Review
| 1312-i | 26.7.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Administration of the Department for Education
| 1489-i | 31.10.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Revised Schools Admission and Appeals Code
| 1513-i | 2.12.11
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The College of Social Work
| 1630-i | 26.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: The Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
| 1786-i | 28.3.12
| Not applicable |
Oral Evidence: Annual Report of HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted
| 1819-i | 28.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Child Protection of England
| 1514-i | 25.10.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Child Protection of England
| 1514-ii | 7.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Child Protection of England
| 1514-iii | 5.12.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Child Protection of England
| 1514-iv | 4.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Child Protection of England
| 1514-v | 16.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Child Protection of England
| 1514-vi | 12.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| 1515-i | 15.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| 1515-ii | 25.11.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| 1515-iii | 13.12.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| 1515-iv | 3.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| 1515-v | 27.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| 1515-vi | 13.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| 1515-vii | 20.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Administration of Examinations for 15-19 Year Olds
| 1671-i | 3.12.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Administration of Examinations for 15-19 Year Olds
| 1671-ii | 20.12.11
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Administration of Examinations for 15-19 Year Olds
| 1671-iii | 20.1.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Administration of Examinations for 15-19 Year Olds
| 1671-iv | 27.2.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The Administration of Examinations for 15-19 Year Olds
| 1671-v | 26.3.12
| Not applicable |
Uncorrected Oral Evidence published on the Internet: The responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Education
| 1786-ii | 30.4.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Main Estimate 2010-11
| | 26.7.10
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Winter Supplementary Estimates 2010-11
| | 7.4.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Spring Supplementary Estimates 2010-11
| | 7.4.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Main Estimates 2011-12
| | 29.6.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The College of Social Work
| | 14.11.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Attracting, training and retaining the best teachers
| | 25.11.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: The Administration of Examinations for 15-19 Year Olds
| | 1.12.11
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Supplementary Estimates 2011-12
| | 27.2.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Responses to Supplementary Estimates 2011
| | 24.4.12
| Not applicable |
Written Evidence published on the Internet: Main Estimates memoranda 2012-13
| | 30.4.12
| Not applicable |
Government replies to Reports for Session 2008-09
Further reply to the Children, Schools and Families
Committee's Third Report: Looked-after Children, received
28.3.11 and published as the Committee's Fifth Special Report,
Session 2010-12.
Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10
Reply to the Children, Schools and Families Committee's
Fifth Report: Sure Start Children's Centres, received 17.1.11
and published as the Committee's Fourth Special Report, Session
2010-12.
Reply to the Children, Schools and Families Committee's
Sixth Report: Transforming Education Outside the Classroom,
received 20.9.10 and published as the Committee's Third Special
Report, Session 2010-12.
Reply to the Children, Schools and Families Committee's
Seventh Report: The Early Years Single Funding Formula,
received 17.9.10 and published as the Committee's Second Special
Report, Session 2010-12.
Reply to the Children, Schools and Families Committee's
Eighth Report: Young people not in education, employment or
training, received 19.7.10 and published as the Committee's
First Special Report, Session 2010-12.
Formal Minutes
The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published
electronically after each meeting of the Committee. They are available
on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/formal-minutes/.
Divisions
None
Debates
The following Report was debated in the House:
Fifth Report, Session 2009-10, Sure Start Children's
Centre, HC 130, 2.3.11
The following Report was debated in Westminster Hall:
Third Report, Session 2010-12, Services for Young
People, HC 744, 22.3.12
The following Report and Oral evidence were tagged
as being relevant to a debate in the House:
First Report, Session 2010-11, Behaviour and Discipline
in Schools, HC 516, and Oral and Written Evidence, Session
2010-12, Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator
HC 782-i, 8.2.11
Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry
during the Session
Inquiry | Number of oral evidence sessions
|
16-19 participation in education and training
| 6 |
Annual Report of Her Majesty's Inspector, Ofsted
| 1 |
Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator 2010
| 1 |
Appointment of HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted
| 1 |
Attracting, training and retraining the best teachers
| 7 |
Behaviour and discipline
| 5 |
Building Schools for the Future and future capital spending
| 1 |
Child Protection | 7
|
Child Safeguarding |
1 |
College of Social Work |
1 |
Health Visitors | 1
|
Jamie's Dream School |
1 |
Looked-after Children |
1 |
Pre-Appointment Hearing: Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations
| 1 |
Secretary of StateApril 2012 (Responsibilities of the Secretary of State)
| 1 |
Secretary of State SessionJanuary 2012
| 1 |
Special Educational Needs Green Paper
| 1 |
Services for Young People
| 5 |
Spending Review settlement for the Department for Education
| 2 |
The administration of examinations for 15-19 year olds
| 3 |
The English Baccalaureate
| 2 |
The Munro Review of Child Protection
| 1 |
The responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Education
| 1 |
The Revised School Admissions and Appeals Code
| 1 |
The Role and Performance of Ofsted
| 6 |
The role of GCSE and A level Examination boards in England
| 1 |
The Schools White Paper 2010
| 1 |
The Wolf Review of Vocational Education
| 1 |
Total | 62
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