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Earlier this month, the UK government announced extra funding for education catch-up in England. This took total catch-up funding to about £3.1bn, but the extra £1.4bn fell far short of the nearly £15bn reportedly sought by the Education Recovery Commissioner…
By Education Policy Institute
While Covid-19 and the accompanying recession have boosted teacher training applications, at the same time, the pandemic has also generated a variety of new pressures on the existing teaching workforce. Using new survey data, Joshua Fullard looks at how the…
By Education Policy Institute
The Department for Education (DfE) has published research examining the extent of learning loss among primary and secondary school pupils in England during the spring and autumn terms, at both a national and regional level. The research, which provides new…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
EPI Senior Researcher Joshua Fullard blogs on how teacher pay policy in England could be reformed to improve recruitment and retention in the profession. In its simplest form, wages are determined by the demand for, and supply of, labour. Specifically, jobs that…
By Education Policy Institute
This report from the Education Policy Institute, funded by the Gatsby Foundation, examines the current supply of teachers in England, and considers whether reforms to pay policy, particularly at a local level, may lead to improvements in recruitment and retention. …
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), finds that a three-year funding package totalling £13.5bn will be required by the government to reverse the damage to pupils’ learning as a result of the pandemic. The analysis, which models…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Education Policy Institute
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EPI Senior Researcher Emily Hunt shares her own experience of negotiating England’s school admissions system in recent months, shining a light on how the system works against many families and is serving to exacerbate inequalities in education. Choosing schools is a tricky business at the best of times, knowing your decision…
By Emily Hunt
This new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that the four UK nations have begun to adopt increasingly different approaches to education policy after twenty years of devolution. The research, which is…
By Education Policy Institute
Providing teachers with a right to high-quality training and development would boost pupil attainment and earnings, and may tackle retention problems in the profession, a cost-benefit analysis study from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) commissioned by Wellcome has shown. While…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
New analysis from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) show s that a multi-year funding package of £10 – 15 billio n is required to mak e up the lost learning seen by pupils as a result…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has been commissioned by the Cabinet Office to produce a paper for its Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. The research informs the final report published by the Commission on 31st March 2021. The EPI…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
Nurseries, pre-schools, and other early years settings have been heavily reliant on the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention scheme during the height of the winter lockdown, a new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the National Day Nurseries Association…
By Dr Sara Bonetti and Education Policy Institute
