Education Committee

CommonsSelectest. 13 Jul 2010Email ↗● Actively Monitored
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Sessions analysed61
Commitments107
Positions191
Recommendations302

Latest Signals

15 Sept 2026Enrichment should be place-based and funded, not centrally prescribedPosition
“[Speaker: Leora Cruddas] I will start by saying that enrichment is fundamentally important to the wider purposes of education. Education is about building human capacity, and enrichment is a key part of that. Enrichment can help children and young people find their sense of joy in school, feel a much greater sense of belonging to their school, and find what they are good at. It is brilliant. However, I would agree that the constraints in relation to the school environment are significant at the moment, particularly the funding constraints.”
15 Sept 2026Belonging should be central, not an add-onPosition
15 Sept 2026SEND reform is urgent, but doing nothing is also riskyConcern
15 Sept 2026Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 affects admissionsLegislative
15 Sept 2026Strict behaviour policies can exclude vulnerable pupilsConcern
15 Sept 2026White Paper reforms risk overburdening schoolsConcern
15 Sept 2026All subjects should build literacy and oracyPosition
15 Sept 2026Local flexibility should shape enrichment and reform deliveryPosition

Recent Sessions

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15 Sept 2026Schools White Paper: belonging, trusts and attendance
10 pos14 concern6 rec1 leg
08 Sept 2026AI and EdTech in education: teaching and assessment
4 pos10 concern6 rec2 leg
01 Sept 2026Education White Paper: pathways, workload and funding
4 pos10 concern6 rec1 disag
14 Jul 2026Child poverty strategy: targets, delivery and housing
3 commit3 pos2 concern1 rec
08 Jul 2026Early years strategy, funding and safeguarding
2 commit12 pos6 concern9 rec1 leg
07 Jul 2026AI and EdTech in education: work, learning, risk
3 pos6 concern3 rec

Recent Commitments

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Recent Recommendations

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Frequent Witnesses

Department for Education11× · 130 insights
Ofsted6× · 59 insights
National Education Union4× · 15 insights
Education Policy Institute3× · 9 insights
University of Birmingham3× · 7 insights
Ofqual2× · 45 insights

About this committee

The Commons Education Committee scrutinises education policy and funding across England's schools, further education, and early years provision. Operating as a select committee with power to summon witnesses and take oral evidence, it investigates matters referred by the House and those identified through its own inquiries. The committee has recently examined the effects of screen time and social media on children's wellbeing and learning outcomes, hearing from industry representatives and academic experts on the mechanisms and impacts of platform use. It has also investigated SEND reforms, including the implementation of inclusion standards and Individual Support Plans, alongside policy delivery on child poverty reduction in schools. The committee's work has extended to adoption practice and historical forced adoption cases, taking evidence from people with lived experience and government officials, while additionally exploring approaches to encourage reading for pleasure and safeguarding arrangements in early years settings under Ofsted inspection.