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Commenting following the launch of the international PISA 2022 results by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Natalie Perera, Chief Executive of the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: "Today's PISA results confirm that England, alongside many other OECD nations,…
By Education Policy Institute
A major new report on education in England is published today by UK 2040 Options, led by Nesta, and The Education Policy Institute. The report combines data, analysis and insights from over 75 education experts on the education challenges facing…
By Jon Andrews
In a new report, the Education Policy Institute (EPI), commissioned by the Gloucestershire Education Forum, reports on the state of educational inequalities across multiple phases of education in Gloucestershire and how this has changed over the past decade. The…
By Emily Hunt and Education Policy Institute
New research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) into the impact of educational inequalities across England and Wales, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, reveals that Welsh schools suffer a wider disadvantage gap than English schools, but that both nations have…
By Education Policy Institute
In a new report, the Education Policy Institute (EPI), commissioned by KPMG, explores how successfully early years providers, schools and further education settings are able to support young people and close the attainment gap between the most disadvantaged and the…
By Emily Hunt
A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, provides new insights into the educational outcomes of pupils in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland since devolution. The study, which draws on the detailed Millennium…
By Education Policy Institute
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The Education Policy Institute has published an evidence review of how leading education nations approach education research and evaluation, commissioned by Patrick Wall, founder of edpol. The review considers what role research and evaluation play in education policymaking in five…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute has published an evidence review on curriculum policy in leading education nations, commissioned by Patrick Wall, founder of edpol. Curriculum policy in England has been characterised by frequent change in recent decades. In order to identify…
By Education Policy Institute
New analysis by the Education Policy Institute compares the performance of pupils in England and Wales. While international comparisons are common in education debates, there is less focus on comparing countries within the UK. This new paper considers how England…
By Education Policy Institute
New analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and Professors John Jerrim and Toby Greany at the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) examines how disadvantaged pupils in England compare with those in other countries. The report assesses: The performance of…
By Education Policy Institute
This report by the Education Policy Institute, in partnership with UCL Institute of Education (IOE), examines how well primary school pupils in England are performing compared to those in top performing nations – with the findings represented, for the very first time,…
By Education Policy Institute
In November the Education Policy Institute 2017 Annual Lecture was delivered in London by OECD Director for Education and Skills and head of PISA, Andreas Schleicher. This year's lecture centred on the theme of what English education can learn from…
By Education Policy Institute
