Addressee: Department for Education · Source location: Page 13, paragraph 26, point a
We recommend that the Department should:
a) conduct a full evaluation of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, covering both the early stages and the more recent disruption to schooling, including seeking input from schools and other stakeholders;
Response position:
Partially accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 12/2023
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Department for Education · Source location: Page 13, paragraph 26, point b
b) put in place effective monitoring to track the longer-term impact of COVID-19 disruption on all pupils’ development and attainment, with a particular focus on vulnerable and disadvantaged children, and take action in light of the results;
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 07/2024
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Department for Education · Source location: Page 13, paragraph 26, point c
c) work with Ofsted to reintroduce arrangements for obtaining independent assurance about schools’ provision, while recognising the additional pressures that schools are under during the pandemic;
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 09/2021
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Department for Education · Source location: Page 13, paragraph 26, point d
d) act quickly on its early assessments of the catch-up programme during 2020/21, to ensure that the funding is achieving value for money and the National Tutoring Programme schemes are reaching disadvantaged children as intended; and
Response position:
Accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 10/2023
· Confirmed by NAO
Addressee: Department for Education · Source location: Page 13, paragraph 26, point e
e) identify lessons for remote and online learning from innovative practice developed during the pandemic and take account of these in its programmes to improve the use of educational technology.
Response position:
Partially accepted
Delivery:
Implemented
· 10/2022
· Confirmed by NAO