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...