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 X (formerly Twitter) @CommonsEd

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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3rd Report – Appointment of Professor Edward Peck CBE as Chair of the Office for Students
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2nd Report – Scrutiny of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Work Children's Wellbeing and School Bill (Non-inquiry session)
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HC 732
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Second Report - Teacher recruitment, training and retention
Inquiry Teacher recruitment, training and retention
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HC 119
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Response to this report
1st Special Report - Teacher recruitment, training and retention: Government Response
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Correspondence

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Letter from Minister for School Standards on Scrutiny of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, dated 6 March 2025
Work Children's Wellbeing and School Bill (Non-inquiry session)
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Correspondence
Letter from Chair to Catherine McKinnell MP, Minister of State for School Standards, on Government SEND Policy, dated 11 March 202
Inquiry Solving the SEND Crisis
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Correspondence from the Secretaries of State for Education, and Work and Pensions dated 03.03.25
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Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

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11 March 2025
Inquiry Solving the SEND Crisis
Witnesses Katie Nellist (Young Person with experience of the SEND system), Miss Lucy Bowerman (Young Person with experience of the SEND system), Joanna Hall (Young Person with experience of the SEND system), Sarah Cobb (Young Person with experience of the SEND system), and Madeline Thomas (Young Person with experience of the SEND system)
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Oral Evidence
11 March 2025
Inquiry Solving the SEND Crisis
Witnesses Dingley's Promise, The National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen), Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), and Natspec
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Oral Evidence
4 March 2025
Work Pre-appointment Hearing: The Chair of The Office for Students (OfS) (Pre-appointment hearing)
Witnesses Professor Edward Peck CBE (The Government's preferred candidate)
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Written evidence

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Professional Skills Academy (FES0016)
Inquiry Further Education and Skills
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Mr Richard Goldsmith (Trainer/Assessor at Warwickshire College Group) (FES0017)
Inquiry Further Education and Skills
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South West Institute of Technology (FES0018)
Inquiry Further Education and Skills
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
14 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
16 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
10 published
Estimate memoranda
Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates.
93 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
61 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
4 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

Contact us

  • Email: educom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 2370 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8895 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Education Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA