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Education: Surrey County Council

Commons · Question 25472 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on what (a) oversight and (b) scrutiny there is over Surrey County Council's education department.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 29 Jan 2025

In terms of educational performance of schools maintained by local authorities, the department exercises oversight of the performance of schools, informed by Ofsted’s inspections, rather than of local authority education departments. The department’s supp...