Recommendation 1
DfE should further develop its approach to monitoring progress towards achieving the ambitions for pupils? attainment in 2030, as set out in the schools white paper, and report regularly on progress.
Source · National Audit Office
Education recovery in schools in England
This study assesses how effectively the Department for Education is supporting education recovery in schools following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: 1 Feb 2023
Recommendations: 5
Type: Value for Money
NAO confirmed: 5
Department: Department for Education
Recommendations
Recommendation 2
DfE should use research and evidence, including exploring the possibility of systematic longitudinal monitoring, to assess education recovery in schools, including whether children have recovered lost learning and whether progress is being made to close the disadvantage gap.
Recommendation 3
DfE should model the impact of withdrawing the recovery premium and subsidy for the NTP, to assess whether tutoring in schools is financially sustainable given DfE?s objective for tutoring to become embedded in the school system.
Recommendation 4
DfE should build on the evidence and insights being gathered from stakeholder bodies and schools to understand how recovery interventions can best support disadvantaged pupils in the way DfE intends, and use the findings to inform and share good practice.
Recommendation 5
DfE should ensure regular senior oversight of education recovery in schools remains in place, since funding is to continue until 2023/24 and successfully delivering programmes and achieving education recovery is not yet assured.
Public Accounts Committee follow-up
The Public Accounts Committee examined this NAO report and published its own recommendations. The government responds to PAC recommendations via Treasury Minutes.