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Background: This exploratory project is nestled within a much larger research project being conducted by Dr Tammy Campbell and Dr Kerris Cooper: ‘What has ‘Free School Meals’ measured and what are the implications?’ . Their large-scale research project, funded by…
By Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), commissioned by the Welsh Government, reviews the existing literature to identify policies that might attract and retain teachers in challenging schools across Wales. The report focuses on schools with high socio-economic…
By James Zuccollo, Jo Hutchinson, Joni Kelly, and Education Policy Institute
Education technology (edtech) has been available for the past couple of decades, but since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the move to online learning during subsequent lockdowns, the use of edtech in schools has accelerated . With substantial…
By Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute examines student access and outcomes for T levels and the T level transition programme (TLTP, soon to be renamed the T level foundation year), revealing critical challenges in the the programmes. The…
By David Robinson, Robbie Maris, and Education Policy Institute
A new report by Education Policy Institute (EPI) sets out a fresh approach to school funding that would target greater support towards persistently disadvantaged pupils. This group, who have been eligible for free school meals for 80 per cent or…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the Centre for Youth and Education (CfEY), supported by Mission 44 , highlights the need for targeted efforts to increase post-16 participation in STEM subjects for currently underrepresented groups. Drawing…
By Education Policy Institute
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A new report published by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) examines the impact of the national phonics screening check (PSC) on early reading development in primary schools across England. The research by EPI uses national pupil-level census data for all…
By Dr Tammy Campbell and Joni Kelly
Today the Department for Education (DfE) released the annual statistics on widening access and participation in higher education, covering up to the 2022/23 academic year. The publication includes a wide range of data on progression rates to HE across England,…
By Education Policy Institute
Yesterday, DfE published new data on pupil absence in the first two terms of the 2023/24 school year. At a quick glance it appears like there was a drop in overall absence and persistent absence amongst pupils, compared with 2022/23. …
By Lily Wielar
The ‘two child limit’ was introduced by the Conservative government in the budget after their 2015 general election win. It prevents families with a third child born after April 2017 from receiving some of the welfare benefits payments specifically intended…
By Dr Tammy Campbell and Dr Kerris Cooper
Following rising inflation, frozen tuition fees, and falls in international students, it feels as if the higher education (HE) sector in England is at a financial precipice. The Office for Students (OfS) forecasted that 40 per cent of HE institutions…
By Education Policy Institute
This new report published by the Education Policy Institute, funded by the Law Family Educational Trust, finds a modest positive association between the time pupils spend in school each week and academic attainment in England. This research uses a…
By Education Policy Institute
