Policy impact of free schools educational policy
New research, conducted by Manchester Metropolitan University in partnership with the National Foundation for Educational Research, will help fill the evidence gap as to whether policy can help increase opportunities and reduce disparities across the UK in education.
The results from research conducted by Manchester Metropolitan University in partnership with the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), may have implications for the new government’s education policy.
This new research, funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will help fill the evidence gap as to whether policy can help increase opportunities and reduce disparities for people and places across the UK.
Researchers will also use linked data from the Department for Education and Ministry of Justice to estimate free schools’ impact on contact with the criminal justice system.
The analysis will provide a rigorous and in-depth evaluation, due to be published in spring 2025, of the impact of free schools on pupil attainment, attendance and exclusion, including investigating the longer-term impacts of the free schools policy on participation in higher education.
Macclesfield MP, Tim Roca, recently spoke about the issue on the 3rd October episode of the political podcast Oh God What Now.
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