Committees

Education Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Education Committee scrutinises the work of the Department for Education, covering children’s social care, schools, colleges, the early years and higher education. The Committee also holds regular hearings with DfE’s arms-length bodies, including Ofsted, Ofqual and the Children’s Commissioner. You can follow the Committee on Twitter @CommonsEd

For information about the work of committees before 2020 please visit committees before 2020, inquiries before 2020 or publications before 2020.

6 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Accountability hearings
Opened 17 March 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 20 December 2020
Report:
Published
On 11 July 2020
Opened 25 March 2020
Adult skills and lifelong learning
Opened 26 March 2020
Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
Oral evidence:
Scheduled
For 1 December 2020
Opened 17 April 2020
Home Education
Opened 30 September 2020
Education: Are prisoners being left behind?
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 8 January 2021
Opened 19 November 2020

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.

Latest news

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Committee to hold session on the effect of home environment on white working-class educational achievement
Committee to hold its fourth evidence session as part of its inquiry into the educational outcomes of white working-class pupils
27 November 2020
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Elective education key issues examined by Committee
The Education Committee will be holding an oral evidence session as part of its home education inquiry. The session will set out some of the key issues around elective home education.
20 November 2020
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Education Committee  launches prison education inquiry
The Education Committee examines to what degree adults in prison and younger learners in custody can access suitable education
19 November 2020

Upcoming events

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Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
1 December 2020 - 9:30am to midday
Virtual Meeting

Latest publications

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Letter to the Chair from the Children's Commissioner on childhood vulnerability and the Vulnerability Network, 9 November 2020
Inquiry Accountability hearings
Committees Education Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from the Minister of State for School Standards, following his appearance before the Committee on 20 October 2020, dated 11 November 2020
Inquiry Accountability hearings
Committees Education Committee
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Correspondence
Letter from the Secretary of State for Education - Update on the Department for Education's response to COVID-19, 9 November 2020
Inquiry The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services
Committees Education Committee
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Correspondence

Useful information

Tackling disadvantage in the early years
A report by the Education Committee

Contact us

  • Email: educom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: (General Enquiries) 020 7219 2370 / For all media inquiries please contact Oliver Florence florenceo@parliament.uk / 02072191679 and Nelson Idama idaman@parliament.uk / 0207 219 6585
  • Address: Education Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA