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Closing the gap? Trends in educational attainment and disadvantage - The Education Policy Institute

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.

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Developing character skills in schools - DfE

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 2

Improving science teacher retention - The Wellcome Trust and Education Datalab

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

EPRS 17/18 4

Privately failing their pupils? - Other

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 6

Reality check - HEPI

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 8

School funding and pupil outcomes: a literature review and regression analysis - DfE

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 9

The comprehensive university: An alternative to social stratification by academic selection - HEPI

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

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