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The Education Policy Institute chaired a roundtable with headteachers, teachers, special educational needs coordinators, and local authority representatives from across Essex in March 2023, to discuss lessons learned during the Year of Reading and how to carry forward the positive…
By Education Policy Institute
The Nationality and Borders Act, signed into legislation in April 2022, has created great debate over the UK’s approach to and treatment of those entering the country. Headline criticisms around the Act include concerns around its departure from international convention…
By Education Policy Institute
EPI’s report into the attainment of deaf children in England reveals considerable attainment gaps facing deaf children during their time in education. To counter this, the report recommends enhanced funding and support for deaf pupils, as well as those with…
By Jo Hutchinson
The Education Policy Institute was funded by the Essex County Council Education Task Force to review the evidence around reading skills, related outcomes and interventions. The Task Force is an independent body created to oversee post-Covid recovery in education and…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings and Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute has published a major report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, examining disadvantage gaps in England during 2021. The "disadvantage gap” – the gap in grades between disadvantaged students and their peers – is a leading measure…
By Emily Hunt, Sam Tuckett, David Robinson, and Education Policy Institute
Written for Policy@Manchester , this report uses publicly available data to explore neighbourhood trends in young people’s wellbeing, as measured by the #BeeWell programme. Launched in 2021, the #BeeWell programme includes an annual survey of young people in Greater Manchester…
By Whitney Crenna-Jennings
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Today, Thursday 9th June 2022, the Department for Education has released the latest data on the number of children eligible for free school meals. Commenting on the data, Natalie Perera, Chief Executive of the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said: "Despite…
By Education Policy Institute
On Tuesday 29 March, the government will publish a green paper on SEND and alternative provision (AP). Commenting on the SEND green paper proposals, Jo Hutchinson, a Director at the Education Policy Institute (EPI) said: "Families have had to wait…
By Education Policy Institute
This is the first Education Policy Institute (EPI) report to Essex County Council’s Education Task Force, an independent body created to oversee post-Covid recovery in education and young people’s mental health in Essex. EPI has been commissioned to track how…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a major report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, on the disadvantage gap in education. "The disadvantage gap" – the gap in grades between disadvantaged students and their peers – is a leading measure…
By Emily Hunt, Sam Tuckett, David Robinson, and Jo Hutchinson
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a major report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, on the disadvantage gap in education. "The disadvantage gap" – the gap in grades between disadvantaged students and their peers – is a leading measure…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a major report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, on the disadvantage gap in education. "The disadvantage gap" – the gap in grades between disadvantaged students and their peers – is a leading measure…
By Education Policy Institute
