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In January 2025, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Oxford University Press (OUP) brought together trust leaders, publishers, researchers, civil servants and other education stakeholders to discuss the current challenges preventing improvements in writing and how these can be overcome.…
By Education Policy Institute
The latest report by EPI investigates the drivers of the disadvantage gap and calls on the government to address the underlying causes of school absences, as it identifies higher levels of absence to be a key factor in the attainment…
By Sam Tuckett, Emily Hunt, David Robinson, and Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) , funded by th e Nuffield Foundation, explores how long-term changes in education and employment outcomes vary across the four UK nation .The report highlights the impact of differences in post-16…
By Education Policy Institute
A new report published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, explores the strengths and weaknesses of free school meals (FSM) and Pupil Premium (PP) as measures for identifying disadvantaged pupils in England. It finds significant…
By Dr Tammy Campbell and Dr Kerris Cooper
A new report by the Education Policy Institute , funded by the Nuffield Foundation, highlights the inequalities and the blind spots that exist in SEND support across schools in England. The report identifies the structural challenges within the system where…
By Jo Hutchinson
A new paper published by the Education Policy Institute sheds light on the flaws of the current accountability system and calls for a fairer and more holistic approach to measuring school effectiveness. The paper highlights that: • Current performance measures…
By Jon Andrews
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What have we learnt about food poverty experienced by under-fives? We recently published a report on food poverty affecting under-fives, which highlighted the scale and the impact of the problem, as well as providing recommendations to address it. We…
By Dr Kerris Cooper
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) highlights significant variation in the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers across England. The report identifies local authorities with consistently small or large disadvantage gaps, and evaluates progress in…
By Emily Hunt and Education Policy Institute
In Autumn 2024, EPI, in partnership with Learning Through Landscapes , brought together policymakers, school leaders and sector experts in a series of events looking at the theme of climate and education. The series included two roundtables, the first looking…
By Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute finds that up to 300,000 children may be missing from education entirely. By comparing GP registrations with school registrations and data on pupils in registered home education for the first time, EPI finds…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings, Jo Hutchinson, and Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute, funded by the KPMG Foundation, investigates food poverty in the early years. The research interrogates the effectiveness of national policies already in place, as well exploring what can be learnt from local…
By Dr Kerris Cooper and Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) , funded by the Nuffield Foundation, explores headteachers’ and future headteachers’ movements throughout their careers. It shows that some schools, particularly in the North West, West Midlands, East of England and…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
