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The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a major report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, on the disadvantage gap in education. "The disadvantage gap" – the gap in grades between disadvantaged students and their peers – is a leading measure…
By Emily Hunt, Sam Tuckett, David Robinson, and Jo Hutchinson
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a major report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, on the disadvantage gap in education. "The disadvantage gap" – the gap in grades between disadvantaged students and their peers – is a leading measure…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a major report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, on the disadvantage gap in education. "The disadvantage gap" – the gap in grades between disadvantaged students and their peers – is a leading measure…
By Education Policy Institute
This new research paper by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), calls for multi-academy trusts and other school groups to be judged on a wider range of measures relating to pupil inclusion to allow for more informative comparisons. School groups –…
By Education Policy Institute
On Wednesday 24th November, the Education Policy Institute hosted a virtual roundtable bringing together education leaders from across the sector, focusing on how we can improve environmental sustainability in digital learning. The following paper summarises the discussion that took place.…
By Education Policy Institute
Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series on school efficiency introduced: Why we have embarked on an ambitious research programme to identify the most effective school groups , including those that are most financially efficient; and The strengths and…
By Education Policy Institute
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One year ago, in response to surging teacher recruitment, the government decided to cut financial incentives for teacher training. It dramatically reduced the bursary payments that are made to trainees and eliminated the retention payments made to teachers in the…
By James Zuccollo
New research from the Education Policy Institute, supported by Unbound Philanthropy, finds that asylum-seeking children who enter the UK separated from their parents are on average over three years behind non-migrant children at school by the time they take their…
By Jo Hutchinson
As introduced in our previous post , we are proposing to create a measure of efficiency that will help us identify the most effective school groups. “Efficiency” can mean a lot of things. Here, we mean that an efficient school…
By Education Policy Institute
Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed last month that spending per pupil in schools will be restored to 2010 levels in real-terms by 2024-25. On the one hand, this was not unexpected, as we know that this has been the intention since…
By Education Policy Institute
Summary Social and emotional learning (SEL) is concerned with fostering children’s social and emotional skills within educational settings, alongside their academic skills. This can include developing young people’s relationships, communication, decision-making, self-esteem and behaviour. SEL can play a central role…
By Education Policy Institute
Today the Department for Education (DfE) has published new research on the extent of learning loss among pupils in England during the summer and spring terms. The research, which provides new evidence on the impact of the pandemic on pupils’…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
