Our Research Areas

Accountability, Assessment, & Inspection Accountability, Assessment, & Inspection
Accountability, Assessment, & Inspection
Benchmarking English Education Benchmarking English Education
Benchmarking English Education
Children and young people's mental health Children and young people's mental health
Children and young people's mental health
Covid-19 and education Covid-19 and education
Covid-19 and education
Curriculum & Qualifications Curriculum & Qualifications
Curriculum & Qualifications
Early Years Development Early Years Development
Early Years Development
Education Funding Education Funding
Education Funding
General Election manifesto analysis General Election manifesto analysis
General Election manifesto analysis
HE/FE and Skills HE/FE and Skills
HE/FE and Skills
School Performance, Admissions, & Capacity School Performance, Admissions, & Capacity
School Performance, Admissions, & Capacity
Social Mobility & Vulnerable Learners Social Mobility & Vulnerable Learners
Social Mobility & Vulnerable Learners
Teaching and Leadership: Supply and Quality Teaching and Leadership: Supply and Quality
Teaching and Leadership: Supply and Quality
UK Nations UK Nations
UK Nations

Further Publications & Research

If the new Prime Minister is serious about the next generation, it starts with the disadvantage gap
Comment
14th July 2026
If the new Prime Minister is serious about the next generation, it starts with the disadvantage gap
Social Mobility & Vulnerable Learners
by Julie McCulloch
Persistent disadvantage – further analysis for Teach First
Report
17th June 2026
Persistent disadvantage – further analysis for Teach First
Social Mobility & Vulnerable Learners
by Jon Andrews
Five charts that explain the rise in NEET rates
Blog
12th March 2026
Five charts that explain the rise in NEET rates
by Robbie Cruikshanks
The postcode lottery of absence fines
Analysis
30th April 2026
The postcode lottery of absence fines
Social Mobility & Vulnerable Learners
by Maxime Perrott
Educational psychologists in England
Report
16th April 2026
Educational psychologists in England
by James Zuccollo and Jo Hutchinson
Babies and screen time: Recent evidence from the national Children of the 2020s cohort study
Analysis
16th March 2026
Babies and screen time: Recent evidence from the national Children of the 2020s cohort study
Early Years Development
by Dr Tammy Campbell and Dr Kerris Cooper
What should student finance reform look like?
Blog
6th March 2026
What should student finance reform look like?
HE/FE and Skills
by Robbie Cruikshanks and David Robinson
Early education and care and the private sector: what does the reliance on private providers mean for young children?  
Blog
11th December 2025
Early education and care and the private sector: what does the reliance on private providers mean for young children?  
Early Years Development
by Dr Tammy Campbell

Upcoming Events

Liberal Democrat Party Conference: Digital literacy as a core skill: empowering young people for modern life
21st September 2026 21/09/2026 12:15
Room 1A, Brighton Centre
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Labour Party Conference: What does a coherent data, technology and AI strategy need to look like in the context of curriculum reform?
27th September 2026 27/09/2026 14:15
Education Area 2, Museum of Liverpool
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Labour Party Conference: Transforming outcomes by 2040 – how can education policy improve the life chances of persistently disadvantaged pupils?
28th September 2026 28/09/2026 10:00
Meeting Room 13, ACC Liverpool
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