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In recent years, public debates on gender have increasingly focused on boys and men falling behind. Data from Western countries consistently show long-term gaps in educational attainment, university enrolment, and degree outcomes. Boys are behind girls on every official child…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings, Emily Hunt, and 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 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 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
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
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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
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
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
Executive summary Suspensions, or temporary removals from school, form part of an array of sanctions used to manage pupil behaviour . In this research note, we investigate the link between suspensions in primary school and Key Stage 2 (KS2)…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Education Policy Institute
This report examines the prevalence of school moves, including managed moves, their impact on pupils, and the protocols that local authorities have in place to govern them. Key findings: Thousands of secondary pupils experience a school transfer which does not…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Jo Hutchinson
In this report, we examine the relationship between the number of suspensions, or temporary removals from school, in secondary school and outcomes for pupils in England. We studied a cohort of 585,827 pupils who were registered in a state school…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Education Policy Institute
