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‘How much does it cost to run a school? We don’t know. But we do know they’re skint’
The financial health of schools is worrying and doesn’t look set to improve any time soon, writes one thinktank director
16 March 2018
‘There’s a big difference between an EAL pupil who starts in Reception and one who starts in Year 10’
The headline performance figures for pupils with English as an additional language suggest they are making good progress in school – but this doesn’t tell the whole story, writes the executive director of the Education Policy Institute
7 February 2018
‘Teacher recruitment and retention must be a priority for new education secretary Damian Hinds’
It’s likely Damian Hinds will focus on flagship Conservative reforms – but these can only happen if there are teachers and leaders in schools to implement them, writes EPI director Natalie Perera
10 January 2018
‘We’d be wrong not to question whether educational standards in this country should be better’
There are two choices: we can bury our heads in the sand while educational standards in England stagnate or we can push successive governments to do better, writes the executive director at the Education Policy Institute
23 August 2017
‘Higher-attaining pupils with SEND fall behind as they progress through school’
It’s not just economically disadvantaged children whom the system often fails – there are thousands of others whose potential is being stemmed, writes the executive director at the Education Policy Institute
3 August 2017
‘The government needs to forget grammar schools and focus on funding’
Speculation about the new government is rife, but the challenges facing our education system remain the same – funding needs to be urgently addressed, writes the executive director of the Education Policy Institute
14 June 2017
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