For the day that's in it, here's my playlist of every distinct version of Avril 14th currently available on Spotify.

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NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read Nick Ridpath Sarah Cattan Pedro Carneiro’s report, funded by Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

Interesting piece! Children and family services need a total rethink and there is undoubtedly a big opportunity there. Big funding challenge but we as a country are fundamentally not investing enough in childhood.

Even the Cotswolds have gone woke

Fabulous new resource on the Institute for Fiscal Studies site here, with a whole load of interactive charts showing what's happened to inequality, living standards and poverty in the UK (with all data available to download).

ifs.org.uk/living-standar…

The annual poverty figures published today show 600,000 more people, half of them children, are living in Absolute poverty, the Government's preferred measure, rising for the 2nd year in a row.

The Government has failed to protect the most vulnerable 🔽 bit.ly/49YuaeM.

Our election hub now has policy briefings for our three main election priorities:
🎯Expanding access to high quality early education
🎯Narrowing the school attainment gap
🎯Creating a more progressive student finance system

suttontrust.com/general-electi…

Have blogged this morning on the challenges for student financial support in England, and how to fix it. suttontrust.com/news-opinion/a…

🚨 NEW: Many students across the country have reached breaking point due to inadequate support with their living costs.

Our new General Election policy briefing outlines the major issues with the student maintenance system, and how the next government can solve this crisis ⤵️

This is a REALLY good tool, that busts the myth that the biggest problem facing deprived areas is that there talented young people leave. Let's take the case of Hartlepool... 🧵

How can we close the attainment gap between disadvantaged and wealthier pupils?

Rewatch our webinar on the subject with Eleanor Busby, Hannah Brinsden, Darren Northcott NASUWT, Carl Cullinane, and Sir Kevan Collins to hear more about what can be done ⤵️

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'The UK has experienced the largest increase in relative child poverty between 2014 & 2021 of any advanced economy, according to estimates by Unicef. At the same time, 3.3mn children in the UK still live in “absolute” poverty.' Peter Foster & Amy Borrett ft.com/content/55072b…

Young carers 'forced out of education' by benefit rules.
Removing Carer's Allowance because young people want to study for 21+hrs each week is unfair & restricts their opportunities. Joint Learning and Work Institute Carers Trust campaign is calling for change.
theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

🚨 New data available 🚨

Since 2021, we've collected in-depth data on the lives of over 13,000 young people.

This data is now available for other researchers to browse and use!

From mental health to levels of physical activity, find out what it reveals about this generation ⤵️

Looking forward to speaking at this at 1 o'clock today!

🚨 Free webinar at 1PM🚨

What drives the gap in attainment between pupils? How can we close the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their wealthier peers?

Today, our webinar will focus on the attainment gap.

Hear from our expert panel at 1PM ⬇️

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The attainment gap has widened considerably in recent years.

In our upcoming webinar, Eleanor Busby and former Education Recovery Commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, will discuss what drives the gap and how it can be closed.

Join us on March 12th ⤵️

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