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Education and skills

Our work on Education and Skills aims to understand what matters for the healthy development of children, from infancy to young adulthood. It tracks education spending in various stages of education and assesses the effectiveness of government policies at improving children’s outcomes and inequalities therein.

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Education spending: an engine for levelling-up?

Presentation

The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

11 December 2023

A photo of Jeremy Hunt holding the budget box

Autumn Statement 2023

Collection

All our IFS analysis of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement 2023.

22 November 2023

Socio-economic inequality in Scottish education

Report

We examine how less affluent students perform compared with their more affluent peers in PISA tests, ahead of the new data release in December 2023.

16 November 2023

The changing geography of jobs

Report

This report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK.

13 November 2023

Should the government levy VAT on private school fees?

Explainer

Labour have proposed levying VAT at the main rate of 20% on private school fees. Paul Johnson lays out the facts in 90 seconds.

9 November 2023

The effect of reducing welfare access on employment, health, and children's long-run outcomes

Working Paper

We find substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers.

30 October 2023

Behind the numbers: reassessing investment in skills and training

Comment

"There are concrete steps, such as reforming the Apprenticeship Levy, that the government should take to improve the existing skills system."

12 October 2023

Investment in training and skills

Report

The UK has seen a significant decline in investment in adult education and training. This chapter analyses how the skills system should be reformed.

12 October 2023

Reforming training and skills policy

Presentation

In this online event we presented the findings of a new report focused on England's approach to investment in training and skills.

12 October 2023

School and neighbourhood segregation in Scotland and England

Report

We document the patterns of neighbourhood and secondary school segregation across England and Scotland

10 October 2023

Schools and segregation: a comparison of Scotland and England

Comment

We study how the different ways pupils are assigned to schools in England and Scotland relate to income segregation in schools and neighbourhoods.

10 October 2023

Big changes to HS2 and education will prove a real test for Rishi Sunak

Comment

"Too many announcements, not enough evident strategy." Paul Johnson in The Times on the announcements in last week's Conservative Party Conference.

9 October 2023

What is happening to school funding and costs in England?

Comment

Schools funding in England is going up faster than economy-wide inflation, but not as fast as the cost pressures schools actually face.

5 October 2023

IFS response to the Prime Minister's proposed Advanced British Standard education reform

Comment

The Prime Minister's proposed Advanced British Standard is an ambitious reform.

4 October 2023

Early years spending update: Budget reforms and beyond

Report

The 2023 update analyses change in early years spending in the last 25 years and looks ahead to implications of major reforms announced in the Budget.

26 September 2023