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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly embedded in our everyday lives. In their ‘ Generative AI in education ’ guidance, the Department for Education (DfE) committed to explore the safe use of new AI technology and maximise the benefits for…
By Education Policy Institute
The government's Every Child Achieving and Thriving white paper set out plans to recruit 6,500 additional teachers, and its response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review emphasised strengthening maths provision and tackling ongoing teacher shortages in physics, including through the…
By James Zuccollo
Last month, the Department for Education released its annual snapshot of the teaching workforce in England, and the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recently followed with its 36th report on teacher pay. The two tell a coherent story of a…
By James Zuccollo
Educational psychologists (EP) support the wellbeing and development of young people up to age 25. Working alongside parents, teachers, and other professionals, they identify and address learning or behavioural barriers - ensuring that children facing difficulties get the support they…
By James Zuccollo and Jo Hutchinson
Responding to the NAO's report on the teacher workforce, EPI's Director for School Workforce, James Zuccollo, said : “The NAO's report highlights significant shortcomings in the DfE's six-year-old teacher recruitment and retention strategy. Despite its ambition to recruit an additional…
By Education Policy Institute
The new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by The Sequoia Trust, examines differences between the teaching workforces at schools with the most and least disadvantaged pupils. It finds a substantial and persistent gap in teacher experience, as…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
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The latest report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), explores whether providing more flexibility over teachers' pensions and remuneration could support improved recruitment and retention in the profession. EPI collaborated with Teacher Tapp to survey nearly 6,000 teachers to find…
By James Zuccollo
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) , funded by the Nuffield Foundation, explores headteachers’ and future headteachers’ movements throughout their careers. It shows that some schools, particularly in the North West, West Midlands, East of England and…
By James Zuccollo and Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), commissioned by the Welsh Government, reviews the existing literature to identify policies that might attract and retain teachers in challenging schools across Wales. The report focuses on schools with high socio-economic…
By James Zuccollo, Jo Hutchinson, Joni Kelly, and Education Policy Institute
Education technology (edtech) has been available for the past couple of decades, but since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the move to online learning during subsequent lockdowns, the use of edtech in schools has accelerated . With substantial…
By Education Policy Institute
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
Commenting on the announcement by the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, that the Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s (STRB) pay recommendations for 2024/25, Joana Cardim Dias, Senior Researcher for School Workforce at the Education Policy Institute (EPI), said:…
By Education Policy Institute
