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The government is expected to announce the 2022/23 pay award for teachers in the next month but, already, there is growing discontent. In March, the government asked the independent school teachers’ review body (STRB) to recommend a pay raise for…
By James Zuccollo
In May 2022, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) held an event to reflect on the Schools Bill and its policy reforms, kindly sponsored by Capita. Teachers and pupils have faced immense challenges over the past two years due to the…
By Education Policy Institute
On 28 March 2022 the Department for Education (DfE) published the white paper ‘Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child’ , setting out the government’s ambitions to ‘level up’ education across the country and making the…
By Education Policy Institute
The teaching workforce after the pandemic The recruitment and retention of teachers in England has dominated education headlines for the last decade. In the midst of the pandemic, a surge in applications for initial teacher training provided some brief respite.…
By James Zuccollo
Four- and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the expected levels of development in 2021 than before the pandemic, a new report from the University of York, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and the Education Policy Institute…
By Dr Sara Bonetti and Education Policy Institute
EPI and Microsoft Roundtable on Technology in the Classroom In April 2022, EPI, in partnership with Microsoft, brought together policymakers, school leaders and sector experts to discuss the role of technology in the classroom following the pandemic, and the potential…
By Education Policy Institute
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EPI seeks school leaders’ views in new DEEP survey [You are viewing an old version of this page – please see here for the most recent information.] The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has launched a major national survey, the Decisions…
By Education Policy Institute
The cost of living crisis and food poverty Families on low-incomes have been hit from all angles recently and now face mounting cost of living pressures. The long-term reduction in benefits for families with children, combined with the rising cost…
By Dr Kerris Cooper
New research from Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Renaissance for the DfE finds that learning losses for primary pupils in the 2021/2022 autumn term had shown signs of recovery since the 2020/2021 summer term. But for pupils in secondary schools,…
By Jon Andrews
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a new study on the state of D&T, ‘A spotlight on Design and Technology study in England: trends in subject take up and the teacher workforce’. The research, which is the first study…
By Sam Tuckett
The importance of early language development and communication in children is well-established. We know that these are crucial skills to nurture in the early years of a child’s life, and that language development provides the foundation for future learning and…
By Dr Kerris Cooper
This is the first Education Policy Institute (EPI) report to Essex County Council’s Education Task Force, an independent body created to oversee post-Covid recovery in education and young people’s mental health in Essex. EPI has been commissioned to track how…
By Education Policy Institute
