September 2017

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EPRS 17/18 1 Annual parents survey 2016

This report presents the findings of an annual survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of Ofsted into parents’ awareness of and views about Ofsted.

EPRS 17/18 2 Developing character skills in schools

This report from the DfE focusses on the issue of character education and explores how schools in England are currently developing desirable character traits among their pupils.

EPRS 17/18 3 Closing the gap? Trends in educational attainment and disadvantage

This report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) considers the attainment gaps between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers, as well as looking at gaps associated with other pupil characteristics.

EPRS 17/18 4 Improving science teacher retention

This report from Wellcome Trust and Education Datalab looks at the impact of CPD on the retention of science teachers.

EPRS 17/18 5 Special educational needs in England: January 2017

This statistical first release (SFR) from the Department for Education (DfE) provides data from the January 2017 school census about pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and information about special schools in England.

EPRS 17/18 6 Privately failing their pupils?

The author of this report, Tom Richmond, challenges the widely held view that private schools unfailingly offer pupils a better education than state schools.

EPRS 17/18 7 Extra time – private tuition and out-of-school study, new international evidence

This new report published by the Sutton Trust combines a long-running polling series of 11-16 year olds with new information available for the first time from PISA, showing how private tuition and out-of-school instruction compare internationally.

EPRS 17/18 8 Reality check

This report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) looks at the expectations of those who are applying to university, comparing them to the reality experienced by undergraduates.

EPRS 17/18 9 School funding and pupil outcomes: a literature review and regression analysis

This report presents findings from the most recent analytical work by the Department for Education to understand the impact of changes in school funding on the outcomes that schools deliver for their pupils.

EPRS 17/18 10 The comprehensive university: An alternative to social stratification by academic selection

This occasional paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) by Professor Tim Blackman challenges the ongoing selectivity in the British university system.

EPRS 17/18 11 Getting girls active: reducing gender inequality in physical activity

This policy report from the University of Bristol gives an overview of recent research into girls’ levels of physical activity.

Points of Information No.188

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