While some improvements were made by some children and schools, the overall impact of the scheme has been small.
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Crunching the numbers on the latest school performance data.
The Lib Dems have promised to invest heavily in the schools budget.
Labour’s 2015 manifesto aims to improve life for children and it suggests that one effective means of achieving that aim is to invest in early years’ provision. The claim is that a child’s language development…
The next government may have a teachers’ strike on its hands within months if it fails to address what unions have called a schools funding crisis. The National Union of Teachers has backed a motion to…
Nick Clegg has hailed the success of the coalition’s policies in closing the gap between richer and poorer students. Is he right?
Overcoming educational disadvantage is not easy. Even before they enter the school gates for the first time, a variety of factors including inheritance, social class, parenting style and family income…
It doesn’t matter if a school is outstanding or struggling, or if the majority of pupils are well-off or not – it’s likely that there will be a gap between how well poorer pupils perform compared to their…
Schools in England will now be able to prioritise children from poor families when deciding who gets a place. This sounds a fair and sensible policy, intended to promote “social mobility” and equality…
All children deserve a good start in life, and we know that high quality early years provision can help to support children’s development. Research shows that it is particularly beneficial for disadvantaged…
Education is one of the largest academic research enterprises in England, and yet in over 50 years, research into education has failed to find useful answers to many of the most basic questions about how…
The coalition has placed a series of new plans on the table with regard to childcare and early years education. Most eye-catching is the new “tax-free childcare” scheme: from September 2015, for every…
As September approaches, primary schools up and down the country are preparing to roll out universal free school lunches for all children in reception, year 1 and year 2. But if all meals are free, what…
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Professor of Education, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Education, Durham University
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Professor in Public Policy and Management, The Open University
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Lecturer in Secondary English Education/Research Associate, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Economics, University of Bristol
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Professor of Education, University of Oxford
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Professor, School of Education and Director, Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University
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Reader in Education, Durham University
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Director, Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia
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Associate professor, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Principal Investigator and Senior Researcher, University of Oxford
