In recent years there has been an increase in the number of children going to school in England who do not speak …

children with moderate levels of 'special educational needs' in England. We show that the decentralized design of the policy … generates significant variations in access to remediation resources across children with similar prior levels of difficulty … for 'treated' children. In the second part of our analysis, we use demographic variation within schools to consider the …

English attainment of children in NLP schools as compared to a set of control schools at the end of primary school education … (age 11). We also compare the overall English performance of these children when they have reached the end of their … exposure to the literacy hour that persist to age 16, as GCSE English performance is seen to be higher for children affected by …

before and after the reform identifies the net effect of expanding the academic track to accommodate more students. This is …

impact has been in more disadvantaged schools and on the performance of middle and high ability students within these schools … resources can matter for children in the poorest secondary schools, particularly when building on a solid educational or ability … background. However, small changes in resources have little or no effect on the 'hard to reach' children who have not achieved a …

expenditure, with higher effects for students who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. …

Improving the educational attainment of disadvantaged students in urban schools is a priority for policy worldwide, but …