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Education Policy Institute
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The Education Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, impartial, and evidence-based research institute that promotes high quality education
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Jul 15, 2025
    Young learners in England are facing a deepening crisis. Our Annual Report shows that disadvantaged five-year-olds are falling further behind their peers — for children with SEND, the learning gap has widened to over 20 months, the widest gap on record 🧵
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    Crisis in early years education as attainment gap widens, report warns
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Aug 26, 2020
    NEW: Today we have published our 2020 Annual Report on the state of education - finding the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has stopped closing for the first time in a decade. Read all of our findings here ⬇️ epi.org.uk/publications-a… #DisadvantageGap
    Education in England: Annual Report 2020 - Education Policy Institute
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Jul 30, 2019
    New report: Today we publish our 2019 Annual Report on the state of education in England — finding the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has stopped closing. You can read the full report here: epi.org.uk/publications-a… #disadvantagegap
    Education in England: Annual Report 2019 - Education Policy Institute
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    Education Policy Institute
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    May 6, 2020
    NEW: Today we have published proposals for a school 'Catch Up Plan' to prevent disadvantaged pupils falling further behind during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Read our policy recommendations for government here ⬇️
    Preventing the disadvantage gap from increasing during and after the Covid-19 pandemic - Education...
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Nov 30, 2021
    Sir Kevan Collins says it's the whole child & the whole learning experience that matters. The recovery is the recovery of childhood, not just education. Our system and particularly the accountability of our system does not capture that. #EPIAnnualLecture
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Jul 15, 2024
    🚨EPI ANNUAL REPORT 2024🚨 📝Today we publish EPI’s 2024 Annual Report, looking at the state of education in England, with a focus on the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.. 📖Read the report in full on our website:
    Annual Report 2024 - Education Policy Institute
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Apr 18, 2019
    NEW: Today we have published new research on unexplained pupil exits from schools - the largest study to date. The report identifies as many as 55,000 unexplained moves in the year group finishing year 11 in 2017 - 8% of pupils. Read more: epi.org.uk/publications-a… #pupilexits
    Unexplained pupil exits from schools: A growing problem? - Education Policy Institute
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Feb 19, 2020
    Our new study for @WellcomeTrust finds that high-quality professional development for teachers significantly boosts pupil attainment. Teacher #CPD also compares favourably with other more costly interventions. Read the full report here ⬇️ epi.org.uk/publications-a… @Ambition_Inst
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    Evidence review: The effects of high-quality professional development on teachers and students -...
    A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), commissioned by Wellcome, undertakes a detailed review of the evidence on the impact of teacher professional development.  The study, which...
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Aug 26, 2020
    Our new report finds that disadvantaged pupils are 18.1 months of learning behind their peers at GCSE. For the first time since 2007, the disadvantage gap at primary school increased, to 9.3 months. 📊 Read more of our new findings here: epi.org.uk/publications-a… #DisadvantageGap
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Mar 19, 2021
    New report: Today we have published a study on identifying pupils with special educational needs & disabilities (SEND). We find huge inconsistencies in how children with SEND are identified, with support highly dependent on where a pupil goes to school ⬇️
    Identifying pupils with special educational needs and disabilities - Education Policy Institute
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Aug 18, 2022
    👩‍🏫2022 results reveal female students are outperforming males in the vast majority of subjects. With female students succeeding in male-dominated subjects, for example computing, physics and economics, much more must be done to encourage more girls into these areas of study.
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Jun 2, 2021
    Education recovery plans: after today’s £1.4bn announcement, total funding by the UK Government to recover learning loss in England is around £310 per pupil 🇬🇧 This compares to equivalent total funding of: 🇺🇸 £1,600 per pupil in the US 🇳🇱 £2,500 per pupil in the Netherlands
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Jun 2, 2021
    💬 “It is unclear why the government has chosen to ignore the evidence of how much it would cost to recover lost learning, but there must now be a real concern that learning loss will not be recovered." Our response to today's education catch up plans ⬇️ epi.org.uk/comments/epi-r…
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Jun 30, 2017
    Today we release new report on social media and young people's #mentalhealth & wellbeing. Get the key findings here: epi.org.uk/report/social-…
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    Education Policy Institute
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    Aug 3, 2017
    Today we publish new report on attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils & their peers. Get the key findings here: epi.org.uk/report/closing…