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This new report published by the Education Policy Institute, funded by The Prudence Trust and in partnership with Youth Access, finds significant gaps in early mental health support for young people across England – and a rise in the number…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings, Jo Hutchinson, and Education Policy Institute
This new report published by the Education Policy Institute and funded by the Law Family Educational Trust examines the outcomes and progression of students attending secondary schools in the Laurus Trust. The report focuses on outcomes for students attending…
By Sam Tuckett
Children are entitled to be registered for free school meals (FSM) if their family earns a very low income and is in receipt of certain social security benefits. [1] As well as ensuring a child receives lunch at school, being…
By Dr Tammy Campbell and Dr Kerris Cooper
A central commitment of the new government is to recruit an additional 6,500 expert teachers to England’s schools. The question is how to do it? One of the main levers available to the government is teachers’ pay. The new Secretary…
By James Zuccollo
Headline results are similar to last year The qualifications regulator Ofqual had said in advance that it expected results to be broadly similar to last year and that’s what we have seen in today’s results. This stability follows two years…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
This new report published by the Education Policy Institute, funded by youth education charity Impetus, has identified a ‘suspension employment gap’ with young people who are suspended at secondary school experiencing a range of poorer outcomes in late adolescence and…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Education Policy Institute
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The students that received their level 3 results today represent the second cohort for which grading has been back to ‘normal’, following centre and teacher assessments and a gradual return to pre-pandemic grade boundaries. As such, this represents the first…
By Sam Tuckett, David Robinson, Robbie Maris, and Education Policy Institute
Latest government data shows overall absence rates in schools are falling, but there is a widening gap between vulnerable children and their peers. Last year, we reported on the very high absence statistics that the Department for Education published for…
By Emily Hunt and Education Policy Institute
Our new report, supported by Unbound Philanthropy, calls for a 16-19 student premium to tackle the sizeable attainment gap facing disadvantaged 16–19-year-olds. Building on recent research by EPI which has shown disadvantaged students are 3.2 grades behind their peers by…
By Emily Hunt
Teachers have raised concerns that, particularly since the pandemic, the number of children arriving at school with low 'school readiness' is increasing. During the first five years of development, children acquire a variety of key skills including language, communication, and social/emotional…
By Joni Kelly
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) Annual Report looks at the state of education in England, with a focus on the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers. EPI’s 2024 Annual Report compares student attainment in examinations sat in 2023…
By Sam Tuckett, David Robinson, and Emily Hunt
Ahead of the general election on 4 th July, the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has published an analysis of the plans for education set out in the manifestos of the main political parties in England.…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
