An education select committee report which examines changes to the governance and leadership of the Department since the 2010 election, notes that the change of the department’s name from ‘Children, Schools and Families’ to ‘Education’ led to some concerns that the coalition Government was ‘shifting focus away from the children’s agenda.’
It urges the department ‘to maintain focus on the critical children’s policy agenda, and to ensure these areas receive adequate ministerial and senior official attention.’
It also proposes that the DfE should consider appointing a non-executive board member with specific knowledge of children’s policy issues, as it has done for schools policy.
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