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On 24th August 2017, pupils received their GCSE results – which included the first set of results for English and maths under the new grading system. These new qualifications, designed to be more demanding, will see pupils achieve grades on…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
If you work in education research, the date of GCSE results day tends to be etched in your brain almost as much as it is for the 600,000 students and their teachers awaiting results. Anticipation has been even higher this…
By Jon Andrews
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published new analysis examining the latest teacher recruitment figures and teacher supply projections. You can download the paper in full here . Key points from the analysis – The Department for Education projects pupil to teacher ratios…
By Education Policy Institute
Despite growing concerns over its credibility, the latest results from the NSS still offer some valuable insights. Last week the Higher Education Funding Council for England published the results of the latest round of the National Student Survey (NSS) taken…
By Education Policy Institute
EPI’s Ieuan Bennett looks at the latest figures on access to university . Widening participation, defined by the Office for Fair Access as ‘Removing the barriers to higher education, including financial barriers, that students from lower income and other under-represented…
By Education Policy Institute
In this report, the Education Policy Institute has examined the progress made in closing the gap in attainment between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. The analysis considers how that gap varies across the country and how it has changed since…
By Jon Andrews, Jo Hutchinson, and David Robinson
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In April 2017 the Department for Education launched a consultation, ' Analysing Family Circumstances and Education '. The document sets out a proposal to measure the educational needs of pupils from "ordinary working families" – described as those pupils that…
By Jo Hutchinson
EPI's Ieuan Bennett dissects the latest statistical release from the universities admissions body . In our analysis of emerging university application data for 2017/18, we previously identified four trends that were of concern for the higher education sector and the economy:…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a paper examining the impact of academies on educational outcomes. The comprehensive report brings together EPI’s own analysis, along with research undertaken by the London School of Economics. You can download the report…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has today published new analysis on how the government can proceed with school funding and a new National Funding Formula. You can download the paper in full here . Key findings The analysis finds that in order to…
By Education Policy Institute
In March 2017 a consultation was launched on the future of the primary assessment system in England. The government's stated aim for the proposal was to 'ensure that we establish a stable, trusted assessment system that supports all children to fulfil…
By Jo Hutchinson and Education Policy Institute
Ahead of the 2017 General Election, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published an impartial assessment of the English education policies of the main UK political parties. This analysis considers the extent to which each of the parties address some…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
