The gov't opted against student finance changes in the Spring Forecast, despite ongoing debate over growing debt and the precarious state of the HE sector. @rcruikshanks.bsky.social and @davidrobinsonedu.bsky.social argue 3 core principles must guide reform: 1️⃣ Sustainability 2️⃣ Equity 3️⃣ Clarity

What should student finance reform look like? - Education Policy Institute

⏱️ Estimated Read: 6 minIn Tuesday’s Spring Forecast, the government chose not to make further changes to the student finance system, following weeks of cross-party debate on what should be done to ad...

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It’s official! @juliemcculloch.bsky.social is joining @edupolicyinst.bsky.social as Chief Executive from May. We are delighted and excited as we begin our second decade. epi.org.uk/comments/jul...

Julie McCulloch appointed EPI Chief Executive - Education Policy Institute

⏱️ Estimated Read: 2 min The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Julie McCulloch as its new Chief Executive. Julie will take up the position at the beginning of ...

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"If we build it – a stronger team around the child that doesn’t require an EHCP – they will come, and EHCPs will gradually revert to being a less frequently required backstop." Read @jojohutchinson.bsky.social on SEND reform and the schools white paper: epi.org.uk/publications...

How are MATs using AI across teaching, learning, and administration? Our latest report - supported by @nuffieldfoundation.org - finds that limited evidence on AI’s impact leaves multi‑academy trusts navigating a “wild west” market. Read the full report: epi.org.uk/publications...

Opportunity to become our new CEO and lead us into our [feels old] second decade. Applications open until early in the new year.

Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 8mo ago

EPI is searching for our next CEO 📣 Are you an experienced leader with a passion for education and social justice? Help EPI make the case for better outcomes by continuing to deliver world-class research and influence policy at the highest levels. Find out more: epi.org.uk/jobs/chief-e...

A really helpful unpacking of the concerning early years results from our Annual Report, from @msemilyhunt.bsky.social

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Today the @edupolicyinst.bsky.social has published our latest assessment of educational inequalities in England. It’s a rich report but some of our most concerning findings relate to the early years where we find a deepening crisis: epi.org.uk/annual-repor...

Today the @edupolicyinst.bsky.social has published our latest assessment of educational inequalities in England. It’s a rich report but some of our most concerning findings relate to the early years where we find a deepening crisis: epi.org.uk/annual-repor...

Annual Report 2025 - 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 2025 Annual Repor...

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Two collaborators for the price of one, @mrjpandrews.bsky.social and Prof Claudine Bowyer-Crane, discuss pandemic learning impacts from our EPI and NIESR research projects in this episode of More or Less…

Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Head of Analysis @mrjpandrews.bsky.social speaks on BBC More or Less about the impact of lockdown on pupils, the attainment gap, and regional variations across England. You can listen the full interview 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our Chief Executive, @natalieperera.bsky.social speaks on BBC Breakfast today about findings from our latest report on the disadvantage gap, highlighting that absence is a leading cause of the performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.

And, 5 years on from lockdown, @mrjpandrews.bsky.social speaks to More or Less about the impact on learning and inequalities.

Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Head of Analysis @mrjpandrews.bsky.social speaks on BBC More or Less about the impact of lockdown on pupils, the attainment gap, and regional variations across England. You can listen the full interview 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📻On BBC Radio 4 Today, our Chief Executive @natalieperera.bsky.social discusses the findings from our latest report on rising levels of school absence and the widening disadvantage gap for pupils. You can listen the full interview here at 44.30👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today - 17/03/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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"If disadvantaged pupils had the same level of absence as their peers, the gap at age 16 would be over 4 months smaller. In fact, absence fully explains the gap-widening at age 16 since 2019" - breaking down the gap in new, @edupolicyinst.bsky.social report. epi.org.uk/publications...

Breaking down the gap - 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 ...

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Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨NEW: Today, the Education Policy Institute(EPI), funded by Unbound Philanthropy and the Sequoia Trust, published a new research investigating the drivers of the disadvantage gap. You can download and read full report here epi.org.uk/wp-content/u... Here’s what we did and some of key findings👇

Our Head of Analysis @mrjpandrews.bsky.social speaks on BBC More or Less about the impact of lockdown on pupils, the attainment gap, and regional variations across England. You can listen the full interview 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

More or Less - How did lockdown impact children? - BBC Sounds

Five years on, Tim Harford looks at the data on the effect of lockdown.

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Good to share the good and not quite so good of how we've tracked and managed projects and funding as a small (but growing) organisation @edupolicyinst.bsky.social. And good to get perspectives and experiences from the growing community of @smartthinking.bsky.social members. I've said good a lot.

Smart Thinking@smartthinking.bsky.social · 2y ago

We had a great webinar with @mrjpandrews.bsky.social yesterday who took us through how he built @edupolicyinst.bsky.social project management system to help track projects, reports, events and (most importantly) funding! If you're a member and missed it find the recording here: bit.ly/42k19cC

Nice chart from @mrjpandrews.bsky.social showing how schools serving more economically disadvantaged pupils are likely to be scored low according to current 'accountability' measures

Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 2y ago

📝NEW: Today, EPI will publish a new paper on Reforming Accountability that highlights how school accountability needs reforming to better serve pupils and parents. We are also publishing an interactive tool to measure performance of school groups. Continue for our findings👇

📅Day 20: Over the last 15 years disadvantaged students have steadily been catching up to the HE progression rates of non-disadvantaged students, especially for progression to high tariff providers. The most recent data suggests progress has stalled or even gone into reverse.

🚨NEW: EPI has today published a discussion paper on 'Climate and education: strategies for adaptation, learning and play’, drawing together findings from a series of events this Autumn, in partnership with Learning Through Landscapes. . Read the full paper here 👇 epi.org.uk/publications...

Climate and education: strategies for adaptation, learning and play - Education Policy Institute

In Autumn 2024, EPI, in partnership with Learning Through Landscapes, brought together policymakers, school leaders and sector experts in a series of events looking at the theme of climate and educati...

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📅Day 11: While the average surplus of providers in the HE sector has begun to fall after the pandemic, it remains above the average deficit in the FE sector. #EPIAdventCalendar You can read the original blog here - epi.org.uk/publications...

📅Day 9: Young teachers are deserting the profession at a growing rate. #EPIAdventCalendar You can read the full analysis 👇: epi.org.uk/publications...

Day 8 of the #EPIAdventCalendar is our effective school groups tool that we published earlier this year. epi.org.uk/effective-sc... A starter for ten for a report card? We will hopefully be publishing an updated version early in the new year with more recent data.

Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 2y ago

📅Day 8: Earlier this year, we launched our effective school groups data tool to help build a more balanced understanding of group performance. Large MATs have, higher persistent absence, suspension, and exits but admit more disadvantaged pupils and achieve higher attainment outcomes for them.

📅Day7: The gender gap in later adolescence and early adulthood remains stark overall for mental health disorders, with twice as many girls with a probable disorder compared with boys. #EPIAdventCalendar You can read the full analysis👇 epi.org.uk/publications...

📅Day 5: This graph suggests that the ‘age-gap’ trend in children not in school is becoming more pronounced over time – particularly post-pandemic. #EPIAdventCalendar You can download and read the full report 👇 epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Great work from Whitney and @allenjoseph.bsky.social

Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are pleased to announce that EPI researchers Allen Joseph and Whitney Crenna-Jennings have been awarded the ONS Impact of Analysis Award for their research on Early adult outcomes for suspended pupils.

Our Director for Post-16 and Skills @davidrobinsonedu.bsky.social, yesterday gave evidence to the Education Select Committee on the reform of Level 3 qualifications. He highlighted key findings from EPI's latest report on T Levels. You can read the full report here: epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🗣️Commenting on the initial teacher training statistics released today, @jzuccollo.bsky.social , Director for School Workforce at the Education Policy Institute said👇

🗣️Commenting on the government's Plan for Change, @natalieperera.bsky.social, Chief Executive at the Education Policy Institute said👇

📅Day 4: Between 2019 and 2023, disadvantage gap widened in early years, primary schools and secondary schools. In primary and secondary schools the gaps are now wider than at any point in the last decade. #EPIAdventCalendar

📅Day 2-Disadvantage is funded at least one-third higher in secondary schools than in 16-19 education, despite England having a compulsory education age of 18 and a disadvantage gap that continues to widen post-16. #EPIAdventCalendar

We’ll be running through some of our key findings and recommendations from 2024 in our #EPIAdventCalendar. Follow @edupolicyinst.bsky.social for your daily fix.

Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · 2y ago

📅Day 1- The value of pupil premium has fallen in real terms over the past decade. DfE could allocate £640 million from savings from falling pupil rolls to reverse these cuts and provide additional targeted funding for persistently disadvantaged pupils through an enhanced premium. #EPIAdventCalendar