April 2024

This report from the National Foundation for Educational Research outlines the progress the education system in England is making towards meeting the teacher supply challenge.

This report from the House of Commons Education Committee presents the results of a recent inquiry into Ofsted’s work with schools.

In this opinion piece, Dr Simon Brownhill from the University of Bristol School of Education argues that lecturers can effectively grab or re-grab the attention of their students by introducing an element of surprise.

In this report from the Higher Education Policy Institute, the author, Josh Freeman, draws on data on foundation years to explore competing arguments about their effectiveness and value for money.

This report was commissioned by the Office for Students and written by Public First. It looks at the ways in which higher education institutions (HEIs) work together, and with partners, to improve equality of opportunity in access to HE.

This election briefing report from the Sutton Trust explores and costs a range of options for reforming student maintenance.

This working paper from the OECD summarises several recent studies investigating the power of non-cognitive skills on outcomes.

This report from Civitas presents the results of polling which was commissioned to explore the public’s perceptions of independent schools.

This research paper from EDSK explores some of the legal and political issues which could complicate efforts to add VAT to private school fees.

This report, commissioned by the charity Impetus and published by the Education Policy Institute explores the relationship between suspensions in secondary school and outcomes for pupils in England.