Exams

EPI calls for review of phonics screening check

Researchers argue there's 'no evidence' the checks led to improved outcomes

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools should be judged on pupil inclusion – not just exams, think tank says 

Proposed metrics would measure admissions, attendance and exclusions

James Carr
James Carr
News

DfE army of cost-cutters extended after visiting 1,000 schools

The government's school resource management adviser (SRMA) programme will run until 2024.

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

EPI: Cost of universal CPD entitlement would equal less than 1% of school spending

Providing teachers with a formal entitlement to 35 hours of high-quality continuing professional development (CPD) would cost the government...

James Carr
James Carr
News

The 6 key points from EPI’s ‘Secondary School Choice in England’ report

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published new analysis looking at how parents choose which secondary schools to send...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Features

David Laws and Natalie Perera, Executive chairman and Executive director, Education Policy Institute

I’m at the new Education Policy Institute offices at 9am on a sweltering Monday to meet its executive chairman,...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Disadvantaged pupils’ maths attainment sees England fall behind

England needs to double the number of disadvantaged pupils who achieve the top GCSE grades in maths to catch...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Access to the best secondary schools ‘hasn’t improved since 2010’

Access to high-performing secondary schools has not improved since 2010, and has become more geographically unequal, according to a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

EPI report: National Funding Formula shifts cash away from poorest schools, and 5 other findings

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has today published the first comprehensive review of the consequences of the government’s national...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg