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25 September 2026

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‘Something isn’t working for a significant proportion of children’

New EPI CEO Julie McCulloch on 'unhelpful false dichotomies', the attainment gap and lessons for government

Freddie Whittaker

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Julie McCulloch

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It’s a pivotal time for education policy.

On one side, a new prime minister is calling for a skills revolution.

On the other, architects of the “knowledge-rich” movement of the past two decades argue desperately for the status quo.

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