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Children, Schools and Families Committee

Here you can browse documents of the Children, Schools and Families Committee arranged with the most recently published document at the top of each section.

Session 2007-08

Reports
Oral and Written Evidence
Uncorrected Oral Evidence
Memoranda

Reports
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons16 June 2008Third Special ReportChildren and Young Persons Bill [Lords]: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2007-08
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HC 711
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Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons13 May 2008Third ReportTesting and Assessment
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HC 169-I
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HC 169-II
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Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons24 April 2008Second ReportThe Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Children's Plan
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HC 213
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Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons20 March 2008First ReportChildren and Young Persons Bill [Lords]
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HC 359
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Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons4 February 2008Second Special ReportSpecial Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding: Government Response to the Tenth Report from the Education and Skills Committee, Session 2006-07
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HC 298
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Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons28 January 2008First Special ReportCreative Partnerships and the Curriculum: Government Response to the Eleventh Report from the Education and Skills Committee, Session 2006-07
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HC 266
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Oral and Written Evidence
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 21 May 2008 Early Years Foundation Stage
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Bernadette Duffy, Head, Thomas Coram Early Childhood Centre, Anna Firth, Open EYE, Professor Ted Melhuish, Professor of Human Development, Birkbeck, University of London, and Sue Palmer, Educational Consultant; Graham Kennish, Open EYE, Anne Nelson, Chief Executive, Early Education, Sylvie Sklan, Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship, and Morag Stuart, Professor in the Psychology of Reading, Institute of Education, University of London : uploaded on 18 June 2008
HC 600-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 14 May 2008 The Work of Ofsted
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Christine Gilbert CBE, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, Michael Hart, Director - Children, Vanessa Howlison, Director - Finance, Melanie Hunt, Director - Learning and Skills and Miriam Rosen, Director - Education, Ofsted: uploaded on 18 June 2008
HC 188-ii
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 12 December 2007 The Work of Ofsted
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Christine Gilbert CBE, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, Michael Hart, Director – Children, Melanie Hunt, Director – Learning and Skills, Vanessa Howlison, Director – Finance, and Miriam Rosen, Director – Education, Ofsted: uploaded on 18 June 2008
HC 188-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 7 May 2008 Diversity of School Provision: Links Between Independent and Maintained Schools
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Professor Francis Green, Professor of Economics, University of Kent, and Chris Parry CBE, Chief Executive, Independent Schools CouncilPatrick Derham, Headmaster, Rugby School, and Stephen Patriarca, Headmaster William Hulme’s Grammar School, Manchester,: uploaded on 4 June 2008
HC 311-iv
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 12 March 2008 Diversity of School Provision: Faith Schools
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rebecca Allen, Researcher, Institute of Education, London University, Professor Mark Halstead, Head, Department of Community and International Education, University of Huddersfield, Professor Audrey Osler, Research Professor, University of Leeds and Director, Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education, and Professor Anne West, Professor of Education Policy and Director, Education Research Group, London School of Economics and Political Science; The Right Reverend Stephen Venner, The Bishop in Canterbury and Bishop of Dover, The Right Reverend Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster, and Peter Irvine CBE, Catholic Education Service: uploaded on 4 June 2008
HC 311-iii
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 25 February 2008 Diversity of School Provision: Academies
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Lesley King, Director, Academy Networks, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, and Margaret Tulloch, Comprehensive Future/Research and Information on State Education;Martyn Coles, Principal, City of London Academy (Southwark), Jean Hickman, Principal, Walsall Academy, Graham Badman, Managing Director, Children, Families and Education, Kent County Council, and Lucy Heller, Managing Director, ARK Schools, Absolute Return for Kids (ARK): uploaded on 4 June 2008
HC 311-ii
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 6 February 2008 Children "under the radar"
Oral Evidence given by Dr. Jo Aldridge, Director, Young Carers Research Group, Loughborough University, John Reacroft, Children’s Services Manager, Barnardo’s, and Kathy Evans, Director for Policy, The Children’s Society: uploaded on 24 June 2008
HC 331-i
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Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 23 January 2008 Social mobility
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Dr. John Goldthorpe, Emeritus Fellow, Sociology, Nuffield College, Oxford University, and Professor Stephen Machin, Professor of Economics, University College London and Research Director, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Dr. Jo Blanden, Lecturer in Economics, University of Surrey, and Research Associate, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics: uploaded on 18 February 2008
HC 281-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 30 January 2008 Diversity of School Provision
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Dr. Steve Gibbons, Research Associate, Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics, and Dr. Tom Benton, Senior Statistician, and Simon Rutt, Deputy Head of Statistics, National Foundation for Educational Research: uploaded on 18 Febuary 2008
HC 311-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 16 January 2008 Schools Commissioner and Schools Adjudicator
Oral Evidence given by Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Sir Bruce Liddington, Schools Commissioner, Office of the Schools Commissioner; Dr. Philip Hunter CBE, Chief Adjudicator, Office of the Schools Adjudicator: uploaded on 3 July 2008
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Uncorrected Oral Evidence
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 25 June 2008 Public Expenditure: Department for Children, Schools and Families
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by David Bell, Permanent Secretary, and Jon Thompson, Director General, Corporate Services, Department for Children, Schools and Families: uploaded on 26 June 2008
HC 835-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 23 June 2008 Looked-after children
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Bob Ashford, Head of Youth Justice Strategy, Youth Justice Board, Chris Callender, Assistant Director (Legal), Howard League for Penal Reform, Dr. Di Hart, Principal Officer, Youth Justice and Welfare, National Children’s Bureau, and Lisa Nandy, Chair, Refugee Children’s Consortium: uploaded on 26 June 2008
HC 442-vii
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 11 June 2008 National Curriculum
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by John Bangs, Assistant Secretary, National Union of Teachers (NUT), Mick Brookes, General Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), Martin Johnson, Deputy General Secretary, Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), and Darren Northcott, National Official for Education, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT); Carmel Gallagher, Manager for Curriculum Development, Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, David Robb, Chair, Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Imperial College London, and Colin Willman, Chair, Education and Skills Policy Unit, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB): uploaded on 12 June 2008
HC 651-ii
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 9 June 2008 Child Poverty
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt hon. Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Rt hon. Yvette Cooper MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt hon. Beverley Hughes MP, Minister for Children, Young People and Families, Rt hon. James Purnell MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and Rt hon. Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform: uploaded on 11 June 2008
HC 683-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 4 June 2008 National Curriculum
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Lesley James, Head of Education, Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Mick Waters, Director of Curriculum, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, Robert Whelan, Deputy Director, Civitas, and Dr. Ben Williamson, Senior Researcher, Futurelab: uploaded on 10 June 2008
HC 651-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 2 June 2008 Looked-after children
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Professor Mike Stein, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, Martin Hazlehurst, Service Manager, National Leaving Care Advisory Service, John Hill, National Manager, What Makes the Difference? Project, and Steve Hillman, Policy and Research Manager, The Foyer Federation: uploaded on 4 June 2008
HC 442-vi
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 12 May 2008 Looked-after children
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Celia Atherton, Director, Research in Practice, Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children’s Workforce Development Council, Professor Julian Le Grand, Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics, and Steve Titcombe, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
David Crimmens, Principal Lecturer, School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children’s Workforce Development Council, and Professor Pat Petrie, Professor of Education, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London: uploaded on 14 May 2008

HC 442-v
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 28 April 2008 Looked-after Children
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Helen Chambers, Principal Officer, Well-being, National Children’s Bureau, Sue Dunstall, Policy Adviser, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Dr. Rita Harris, The Care Matters Partnership, and Dr. Catherine M. Hill, Chair of the Health Group Advisory Committee at the British Association for Adoption and Fostering: uploaded on 02 May 2008
HC 442-iv
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 21 April 2008 Looked-after Children
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Professor Ian Sinclair, Research Professor, Children and Young People’s Social Work Team, University of York, Robert Tapsfield, Chief Executive, The Fostering Network, and Kevin Williams, Chief Executive, The Adolescent and Children’s Trust (TACT): uploaded on 23 April 2008
HC 442-iii
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 19 March 2008 Looked-after Children
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Dr. Roger Morgan OBE, Children’s Rights Director for England, Maxine Wrigley, Chief Executive, A National Voice, Martin Narey, Chair of the Future of the Care Population Care Matters Working Group, and Pam Hibbert, Assistant Director – Policy, Barnardo’s: uploaded on 25 March 2008
HC 442-i
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of Commons 26 February 2008 Looked-after Children
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Margaret Dillon, Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Children’s Services, NCH, Mary MacLeod, Chief Executive, Family and Parenting Institute, Anne Scarborough, Association of the Directors of Children’s Services and Professor Jane Tunstill, Visiting Professor of Social Work at King’s College, London : uploaded on 31 March 2008
HC 442-ii
 
       

Memoranda

 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of CommonsDiversity of School Provision: Academies
Memoranda 
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of CommonsEarly Years Foundation Stage
Memoranda 
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of CommonsLooked-after Children
Memoranda 
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of CommonsNational Curriculum
Memoranda 
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of CommonsTesting and Assessment
Memoranda 
 
Green C indicates Committees in the House of CommonsThe Work of Ofsted
Memoranda 
 
 
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