Inquiry The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services
Witnesses Kevin Courtney (Joint General Secretary at National Education Union (NEU)), Geoff Barton (General Secretary at Association of School and College Leavers (ASCL)), Darren Northcott (National Official for Education at NASUWT), and Leigh Powell (National Officer, Education and Children’s Services at UNISON)
Witnesses Sir Kevan Collins, Former Government adviser on education recovery, plus international comparisons, Natalie Perera (Chief Executive at Education Policy Institute), Dr Lucie Cerna (Project Leader in the Directorate for Education and Skills at OECD), and Dr Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo (Vice-President at European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE))
Witnesses Gavin Williamson (Secretary of State at Department for Education), and Ian King (Chief Financial Officer (joint role) and Director of Operational Finance, Operations Group at Department for Education)
Inquiry Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
Witnesses Mary Curnock Cook OBE, Professor Becky Francis (Chief Executive at Education Endowment Foundation), and Dr Sam Baars (Director of Research and Operations at The Centre for Education and Youth)
Work Safeguarding in Schools (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Amanda Spielman (Her Majesty's Chief Inspector at Ofsted), Andrew Cook (Her Majesty's Inspector and Regional Director for the North West at Ofsted), and Vanessa Ward (Chief Executive and Chief Inspector at Independent Schools Inspectorate)
Witnesses Simon Ashworth (Chief Policy Officer at Association of Employment and Learning Providers), and David Hughes (Chief Executive at Association of Colleges)
Witnesses Lisa Capper MBE (Director of Education and Skills at NACRO), Shereen Lawrence (Peer Advisor Network Coordination Manager at St Giles Trust), and Julian Smith (CEO at Bounce Back)
Witnesses Baroness Berridge (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System at Department for Education), and Stephanie Brivio (Director, Safeguarding and Children’s Social Care at Department for Education)
Witnesses Rt Hon. Nick Gibb MP (Minister of State for School Standards at Department for Education), Julia Kinniburgh (Director General, Covid Response and Recovery at Department for Education), and Mike Pettifer (Director, Covid Response Unit at Department for Education)
Witnesses Rod Clark (former Chief Executive Officer, Prisoners’ Education Trust and panel member at Coates Review), Peter Stanford (Director, Longford Trust, and panel member at Coates Review), and Dame Sally Coates DBE
Work Regional Schools Commissioners (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Dominic Herrington (National Schools Commissioner at Department for Education), Sue Baldwin (Regional Schools Commissioner for East of England and North East London at Department for Education), Vicky Beer CBE (Regional Schools Commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire at Department for Education), and Andrew Warren (Regional Schools Commissioner, West Midlands at Department for Education)