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Commissioned by the Essex Education Task Force , this report investigates pupil wellbeing using the results of the first round of a short wellbeing survey that took place in May 2022. The survey, based on the Good Childhood Index, developed…
By Education Policy Institute
In this note we draw from IFS analysis of trends in school funding and expected pressures by 2024-25 under current funding settlements and use it to estimate the financial impact on average sized primary and secondary schools.1 School funding pressures…
By Jon Andrews
Written for Policy@Manchester , this report uses publicly available data to explore neighbourhood trends in young people’s wellbeing, as measured by the #BeeWell programme. Launched in 2021, the #BeeWell programme includes an annual survey of young people in Greater Manchester…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings
In July 2022, EPI, in partnership with the Publishers Association, brought together policymakers, school leaders and sector experts to examine how we can ensure education recovery is accessible to all children and young people. Building on a series of private…
By Education Policy Institute
Language learning in England: why curriculum reform will not reverse the decline or narrow the gaps Across the education sector, stakeholders have emphasised the importance of learning modern foreign languages (MFL). In their research review series, Ofsted argued that learning…
By Education Policy Institute
EPI's Jon Andrews and Robbie Cruikshanks explore 2022's GCSE results. It may feel like we’re back to normal, but pupils’ school experience has been anything but With much of the discussion in the run up to the release of…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
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EPI's David Robinson and Sam Tuckett explore 2022's A level, BTEC and T level results. Summer exams in 2022 were the first to go ahead since 2019. However, although exams may be back, it is far from business as usual…
By David Robinson and Sam Tuckett
New research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) into the impact of educational inequalities across England and Wales, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, reveals that Welsh schools suffer a wider disadvantage gap than English schools, but that both nations have…
By Education Policy Institute
In a new report, the Education Policy Institute (EPI), commissioned by KPMG, explores how successfully early years providers, schools and further education settings are able to support young people and close the attainment gap between the most disadvantaged and the…
By Emily Hunt
This summer around 1,300 students in 43 providers were the first to complete T levels. This cohort was the first of four waves in the staggered rollout of these new qualifications. At this key moment, it is worthwhile recapping on…
By David Robinson
The impact of the pandemic on early education Early years settings and schools were confronted with a number of challenges during the pandemic, which exacerbated some pre-existing problems. Early years settings faced temporary closures due to lockdowns as well as…
By Dr Kerris Cooper
A new report, commissioned by The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO) and produced in collaboration with EPI and the Centre for Education and Youth (CfEY), explores existing evidence behind proven methods to reduce employment…
By David Robinson
