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Fifty-Fifth Report - Education recovery in schools in England

Public Accounts Committee HC 998 Published 7 June 2023
Report Status
Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations
29 items (9 recs)
Government Response
AI assessment · 28 of 29 classified
Accepted 12
Accepted in Part 5
Acknowledged 2
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 7
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-fifth report from Session 2022-23 · published 24 Sep 2023
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Recommendations & Conclusions

3 items
5 Recommendation Not Addressed

Publish progress measures for 2030 attainment targets, starting with primary pupils, and report annually

Recommendation
The Department has no interim targets to track progress towards the 2030 attainment ambitions set out in the Schools White Paper. The Department has not specified the impact it wants to achieve from its interventions to support education recovery because … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government response provided addresses a different set of recommendations from the Public Accounts Committee concerning investment, and therefore does not engage with the substance of the recommendation regarding education attainment targets.
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1 Conclusion Not Addressed

Committee commenced inquiry into Department for Education's school education recovery programme

Conclusion
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Education (the Department) on education recovery in schools.2
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges that the Committee took evidence from the Department for Education about education recovery in schools based on a report by the National Audit Office.
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6 Conclusion

COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted young people's mental health, necessitating whole-school approach

Conclusion
Evidence submissions from the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, Young Minds and Adoption UK highlighted the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had had on young people’s mental health.10 The Department agreed with Young Minds’ recommendation calling for a … Read more
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