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Commenting on the OfS's update to its report on higher education financial sustainability, Robbie Cruikshanks, Senior Researcher, Higher Education at the Education Policy Institute said: “The Office for Students' latest analysis further indicates the scale of the financial challenge facing…
By Education Policy Institute
Commenting on the government’s announcement of an increase to university tuition fees and maintenance loans, Robbie Cruikshanks, Senior Researcher for Higher Education at the Education Policy Institute (EPI) said: “The government's decision to raise tuition fees in line with inflation…
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Responding to the latest autumn budget announcement , Jon Andrews, Head of Analysis and Director for School System and Performance at the Education Policy Institute said : "The government’s first budget represented a key opportunity to set out how it…
By Jon Andrews
Commenting on the data , Robbie Cruikshanks, Senior Researcher, Higher Education at the Education Policy Institute said : " Despite some progress in widening participation for disadvantaged students in recent years, today's data shows worrying signs that that this progress…
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Commenting on the data, Louis Hodge , Associate Director for School System and Performance at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: “ Headline attainment results for primary school pupils show whilst there have been some small improvements in reading and…
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Responding to Ofsted Big Listen , Natalie Perera, Chief Executive, Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: “Ofsted’s response to its Big Listen and the earlier announcement of the ending of one-word judgements are both positive steps towards reforming a school…
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Responding to the announcement of ending single headline Ofsted grades for schools, Jon Andrews, Head of Analysis and Director of School Performance at Education Policy Institute (EPI) said: “ The end of one-word judgements is a positive first step in…
By Education Policy Institute
Commenting on the publication of GCSE results for pupils across England, Wales and Nothern Ireland, Louis Hodge, Associate Director for School System and Performance at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: “As expected, today’s results represent stability with outcomes similar…
By Education Policy Institute
Responding to the govenrment's announcement that plans to introduce an Advanced British Standard (ABS) will be scrapped, Sam Tuckett, Associate Director for post-16 and skills at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: "There were some well discussed delivery challenges and…
By Education Policy Institute
Commenting on the announcement by the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, that the Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s (STRB) pay recommendations for 2024/25, Joana Cardim Dias, Senior Researcher for School Workforce at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said:…
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Responding to official statistics released today by the Department for Education (DfE) on provision for children under 5 in England, Dr Tammy Campbell, Director for Early Years, Inequalities and Wellbeing at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: "Today’s statistics from the…
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Responding to the annoncement of Labour's plans to create over 3,000 new school-based nurseries , Dr Tammy Campbell, Director for Early Years and Inequalities at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: “Labour’s plans to create over 3,000 new school-based nurseries…
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