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The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services

Inquiry

The inquiry will look at how the outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting all aspects of the education sector and children’s social care system and will scrutinise how the Department for Education is dealing with the situation.

It will examine both short term impacts, such as the effects of school closures and exam cancellations, as well as longer-term implications particularly for the most vulnerable children.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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First Report - Getting the grades they’ve earned: Covid-19: the cancellation of exams and ‘calculated’ grades
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Response to this report
Second Special Report - Getting the grades they’ve earned: COVID-19: the cancellation of exams and ‘calculated’ grades: Response to the Committee’s First Report
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Education - Update on the Department for Education's response to COVID-19, dated 14 March 2022
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Correspondence from the Secretary of State regarding Covid-19 restrictions in educational settings
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Letter from the Secretary of State for Education - Update on the Department for Education's response to COVID-19, dated 17 January 2022
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Oral evidence transcripts

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13 July 2021
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)
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24 March 2021
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Witnesses Ali, Alicia, Bethan, Emily, Ladan, and Dmitrijs
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16 March 2021
Inquiry The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services
Witnesses Dr Alex George (Youth Mental Health Ambassador at Department for Education), Dr Bernadka Dubicka (Chair of the child and adolescent faculty at Royal College of Psychiatrists), Emma Thomas (Chief Executive at Young Minds), and Catherine Roche (Chief Executive at Place2Be)
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Written evidence

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Professor Lee Elliot Major (Professor of Social Mobility at University of Exeter), and Andy Eyles (research economist in the education and skills programme at The Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics) (CIE0661)
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Anne Longfield OBE (Children's Commissioner at Office of the Children's Commissioner for England) (CIE0660)
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Miss Lilibeth Glover (CIE0589)
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Other publications

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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