Witnesses
The following witnesses gave evidence. Transcripts
can be viewed on the Committee's inquiry page at
www.parliament.uk/academies-and-free-schools.
Wednesday 5 February 2014 Question
number
| Andrew McCully, Director General for Infrastructure and Funding, Department for Education, Dominic Herrington, Director of Academies Group, Department for Education, Mela Watts, Director of Free Schools Group, Department for Education and Sue Baldwin, Director of Academies and Maintained Schools Group, Education Funding Agency, Department for Education
| Q1-177 |
Wednesday 5 March 2014
| Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Skills, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
| Q178-297 |
| Wednesday 19 March 2014
Gabriel Sahlgren, Research Director at the Centre for Market Reform of Education, Institute of Economic Affairs, and Affiliated Researcher, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Sweden, Dr. Olmo Silva, Research Associate, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, Henry Stewart, Founder, Local Schools Network and Dame Sally Coates, Principal, Burlington Danes Academy
| Q298-354 |
| Professor Anne West, Director, Education Research Group, LSE, Sam Freedman, Director, Research, Evaluation and Impact, TeachFirst, Christine Gilbert, Chief Executive, London Borough of Brent and and Mike Cladingbowl, Director of Schools, Ofsted
| Q355-394 |
| Wednesday 9 April 2014
Lucy Heller, Chief Executive, ARK, John Clarke, Deputy Director of Children's Services - Education and Inclusion, Hampshire County Council and
Emma Knights, Chief Executive, National Governors Association
| Q395-463 |
Sue Higgins, Executive Leader, Local Government, National Audit Office, Anastasia de Waal, Director of Family and Education, Civitas and
Nick Weller, Chair, Independent Academies Association and Executive Principal, Dixons Academies
| Q464-528 |
| Tuesday 13 May 2014
Frank Green, Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter, CEO of Cabot Learning Federation and prospective Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West and Robert Hill, education consultant and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of Education and Professional Studies, King's College, London
| Q529-622 |
| Natalie Evans, Director, New Schools Network, Rob Higham, Senior Lecturer in Education, Institute of Education, Katie Parlett, Principal of Lighthouse School and Alice Hudson, Executive Headteacher, Twyford Church of England Academies Trust
| Q623-683 |
| Tuesday 24 June 2014 | |
| Katie Beal, Headteacher, Eastfield Primary School, Kingston-upon-Hull, Wendy Marshall, CEO, David Ross Education Trust and Emma Hardy, Primary teacher and Vice-President of East Riding NUT
| Q684-735 |
Helen Fulcher, Head of Church Lane Primary School, Lincolnshire, Milorad Vasic, Director of Children and Families, Hull City Council and
Marie-Claire Bretherton, Executive Headteacher, Mount Street Academy
| Q736-782 |
| Wednesday 2 July 2014 | |
| Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, Jay Altman, Chief Executive Officer FirstLine Schools, New Orleans, Theodore Agnew, Sponsor, Inspiration Trust, Non-Executive Board Member and Chair of the Academies Board, Department for Education and Warwick Mansell, freelance education journalist
| Q783-903 |
| Wednesday 3 September 2014 |
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Rt Rev John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford and Chair of the Church of England's Board of Education, Sir Daniel Moynihan, Chief Executive Officer, Harris Federation, David Wolfe QC, Matrix Chambers and
Vincent McDonnell, Managing Director of Prospects
| Q904-1019
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| Martin Pratt, Director for Children, Schools and Families, London Borough of Camden, John Readman, Strategic Director for People, Bristol City Council, Jon Stonehouse, Director of Children's Services, Education and Skills, City of York Council and David Whalley, Head of Service: Learning, Children and Young People's Services, Calderdale Council
| Q1020-1068 |
| Tuesday 14 October 2014 | |
| Avril Chambers, National Officer for Education Staff, GMB, Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary, NUT, Chris Keates, General Secretary, NASUWT and Jon Richards, National Secretary, Education and Children's Services, Pensions & Health and Safety, UNISON
| Q1069-1142 |
| Wednesday 22 October 2014 |
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| Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP, Secretary of State for Education
| Q1143-1356 |
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