Week 1
29 September 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 29 September | Tuesday 30 September | Wednesday 1 October | Thursday 2 October | Friday 3 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Impact film Counsel to the Inquiry Opening Submissions Core Participant Opening Submissions |
Dr Carol Homden CBE (on behalf of the Coram Group) Charlie Taylor (on behalf of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons) |
Nuala Toman (on behalf of the Disabled People’s Organisations) Sammie McFarland (on behalf of Long Covid Kids) Kate Anstey (on behalf of the Child Poverty Action Group) |
Baroness Anne Longfield CBE (former Children’s Commissioner for England) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Core Participant Opening Submissions | Alice Ferguson (on behalf of Playing Out) Prof. Catherine Davies (Expert in Child Development) |
Kate Anstey (on behalf of the Child Poverty Action Group) Continued Lara Wong (on behalf of Clinically Vulnerable Families) Dr Rebecca Montacute (on behalf of the Sutton Trust) |
Assoc Prof. Tamsin Newlove-Delgado (Expert in Children and Young People’s Mental Health) |
Non-sitting day |
Week 2
6 October 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 6 October | Tuesday 7 October | Wednesday 8 October | Thursday 9 October | Friday 10 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Matthew Coffey CB (on behalf of Ofsted) Sir Jon Coles (on behalf of United Learning) |
Amanda Stocks Attending remotely (on behalf of Stirling Inclusion Support Services) Lyndon Lewis (on behalf of Ysgol Hendrefelin) Paul Marks (on behalf of The High School Ballynahinch) Kate Davies (on behalf of Ofcom) |
Duncan Burton (on behalf of NHS England) Prof. Steve Turner (on behalf of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) |
Nicola Dickie Attending remotely (on behalf of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)) Sarah Hammond (on behalf of Kent County Council) Sharon Powell (on behalf of Powys County Council) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Sir Hamid Patel CBE (on behalf of Star Academies) Kevin Courtney (on behalf of Trades Union Congress ((TUC)) |
Kate Davies (on behalf of Ofcom) Continued Prof. Emerita Gillean McCluskey (Education Expert) |
Claire Dorer OBE (on behalf of the National Association of Special Schools) Alison Morton (on behalf of the Institute of Health Visiting) John Barneby (on behalf of Oasis Community Learning) |
John Swinney MSP Attending remotely (First Minister of Scotland and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Perthshire North) | Non-sitting day |
Week 3
13 October 2025
Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.
| Date | Monday 13 October | Tuesday 14 October | Wednesday 15 October | Thursday 16 October | Friday 17 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 10:30 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | 10:00 am | |
| Morning | Indra Morris (former Director General, Department for Education) Prof. Emeritus Samantha Baron (on behalf of the British Association of Social Workers) |
Sir Gavin Williamson CBE (former Secretary of State for Education) |
Susan Acland-Hood (Permanent Secretary, Department for Education) |
Dr Shona Arora (on behalf of the UK Health Security Agency) Carolyne Willow (on behalf of Article 39) |
Non-sitting day |
| Afternoon | Vicky Ford (former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, Department for Education) |
Sir Gavin Williamson CBE (former Secretary of State for Education) Continued Jean Blair Attending remotely (on behalf of the Scottish Qualifications Authority) |
Susan Acland-Hood (Permanent Secretary, Department for Education) Continued Derek Baker (former Permanent Secretary, Department of Education (NI)) |
Lucy Frazer KC (former Minister of State, Ministry of Justice) |
Non-sitting day |