September 2020

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EPRS 20/21 1 Towards a National Languages Strategy: Education and Skills

In this report, a number of key organisations such as the British Council and the British Academy put forward a new languages strategy for the UK.

EPRS 20/21 2 Education in England: Annual Report 2020

This report from the Education Policy Institute looks at the state of education in England and examines the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.

EPRS 20/21 3 Primary Teachers’ Experience of the Covid-19 Lockdown

This report from University College London presents findings from a survey of 1,653 primary teachers in state schools in England.

EPRS 20/21 4 Early Years Workforce Review

This report from the Sutton Trust presents an audit of the current state of play in relation to the development of a quality early years’ workforce.

EPRS 20/21 5 Best Beginnings in the Early Years

This report from the office of the Children’s Commissioner looks at the current early years system from the perspective of children and families.

EPRS 20/21 6 Special Education During Lockdown: Returning to Schools and Colleges in September

This report from ASK research explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children and young people with SEND who attend special schools.

EPRS 20/21 7 The EEF Guide to Supporting School Planning

This report from the Education Endowment Foundation proposes a tiered planning model, focussing on high quality teaching, targeted academic support and wider strategies to support school improvement planning.

EPRS 20/21 8 Evaluation of the OfS Mental Health Challenge Competition

This report from the Research company Wavehill evaluates a number of funded projects which were funded by the OfS Mental Health Challenge initiative.

EPRS 20/21 9 The Challenges Facing Schools and Pupils in September 2020

This report from NFER and the Nuffield Foundation investigates the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on mainstream primary and secondary schools in England.

EPRS 20/21 10 Analysis: School Funding Allocations

In this report, Jon Andrews from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) analyses the funding arrangements for 2021-22 and examines to what extent they meet the needs of all pupils.

Points of Information No.221

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