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A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) , funded by The Nuffield Foundation , shows significant variation in how free school meals (FSM) and free early years meals (FEYM) are accessed across schools and local authorities in England.…
By Dr Kerris Cooper and Dr Tammy Campbell
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
Schools in England continue to face a number of challenges when it comes to funding, despite significant increases in recent years. Rising energy prices, inflation, growing calls on the high needs budget, and increasing staff costs have already squeezed school…
By Education Policy Institute
This report is the first to use EPI’s new school funding model, which replicates the Department for Education’s own national funding formula (NFF) and allows us to analyse the impact of potential funding policy decisions on individual schools and areas…
By Education Policy Institute
Further analysis of confirmed schools affected by RAAC Yesterday, EPI published initial analysis of the 79 schools that the BBC had identified as having RAAC. Later that day, the Department for Education published a fuller list of 147 schools…
By David Robinson and Education Policy Institute
Introduction For the first time since the controversy over algorithm-generated grades in 2020, an education story has dominated the headlines and broadcast media for almost a week. But this isn’t the spotlight on education that anyone wanted, not least…
By Education Policy Institute
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In this note we draw from IFS analysis of trends in school funding and expected pressures by 2024-25 under current funding settlements and use it to estimate the financial impact on average sized primary and secondary schools.1 School funding pressures…
By Jon Andrews
This new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that the four UK nations have begun to adopt increasingly different approaches to education policy after twenty years of devolution. The research, which is…
By Education Policy Institute
New analysis from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) show s that a multi-year funding package of £10 - 15 billio n is required to mak e up the lost learning seen by pupils as a result…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has been commissioned by the Cabinet Office to produce a paper for its Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. The research informs the final report published by the Commission on 31st March 2021. The EPI…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
This report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) finds that less than a third (31%) of the additional costs facing schools as a result of the pandemic are covered by the government’s support fund. The research finds that virtually all…
By Jon Andrews and Education Policy Institute
Today (Thursday 3 rd December) the government has outlined measures to support GCSE and A level students through their exams next summer, following the significant disruption to their education this year. Responding to the government’s plans, the Education Policy Institute…
By Education Policy Institute
