This report from UK think the Education Policy Institute explores the relationship between time in school and attainment outcomes at the end of primary and secondary school. This new report published by the Education Policy Institute, funded by the Law Family Educational Trust, finds a modest positive association between the time pupils spend in school...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute calls for a 16-19 student premium to tackle the sizeable attainment gap facing disadvantaged 16–19-year-olds. Our new report, supported by Unbound Philanthropy, calls for a 16-19 student premium to tackle the sizeable attainment gap facing disadvantaged 16–19-year-olds. Building on recent research by EPI which has...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute looks at the state of education in England, with a focus on the attainment gap. 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...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute assesses the main parties' commitment to addressing the biggest challenges facing education in England. Ahead of the general election on 4th July, the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has published an analysis of the plans for education set out in the...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute discusses the features of effective school groups. This report brings together findings from our interactive benchmarking tool, which compares the performance of individual academy trusts, local authorities, federations and dioceses across four key performance indicators, along with results from our Decisions in Education in England...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute analyses the impact of potential funding policy decisions on individual schools and areas of the country. 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...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute examines the prevalence of school moves and the protocols that local authorities have in place to govern them 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.

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute measures learning loss during the pandemic and outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. This fourth and final report in a series produced by EPI and Renaissance builds on recent analysis from EPI and Renaissance measuring learning loss during the pandemic and outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. Our previous...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute examines the relationship between the number of suspensions from school and pupil outcomes. 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...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute measures the outcomes of disadvantaged pupils using Star Assessments 2022/23. This new report produced by EPI and Renaissance includes analysis based on outcomes for pupils in years 3 to 9, drawn from over six million assessments in Renaissance’s Star Reading and Star Maths from 2017/18...