CfEY explore how councils can help challenge Whitehall’s centralising education policies

CfEY’s Head of Policy, Baz Ramaiah, joined Nihal Arthanayake on BBC 5Live to discuss new research highlighting the large percentage of young people who are permanently excluded from primary school who go on to achieve no GCSE qualifications. Baz made the case that funding and resourcing challenges for schools make permanent exclusion more likely and…

1. New IFS study on the impact of Sure Start finds large benefits A new study of the short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start has found huge benefits associated with the programme. As the early years policy landscape shifts again towards integrated and holistic early years support, renewed interest has been placed on the…

CfEY’s Head of Policy, Baz Ramaiah, was interviewed on three BBC shows regarding new findings that pupil behaviour has gotten worse since the pandemic. Joining Salma El-Wardany on BBC London, Nihal Arthanayake on BBC 5Live and Maryam Moshiri on BBC News, Baz argued that the rise in challenging behaviour is likely linked to rising child…