Kerris Cooper
@kerriscooper.bsky.social
Senior Researcher in Early Years and Inequalities at the Education Policy Institute. Visiting Senior Fellow at CASE, LSE.
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Read more in "How do free school meal registration practices differ across place and time?" by @kerriscooper.bsky.social and @drtammycampbell.bsky.social: epi.org.uk/publications...
How do free school meal registration practices differ across place and time? - Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by The Nuffield Foundation, shows significant variation in how free school meals (FSM) and free early years meals (FEYM) are accessed acros...
epi.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Read more in "How do free school meal registration practices differ across place and time?" by @kerriscooper.bsky.social and @drtammycampbell.bsky.social: epi.org.uk/publications...
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Free-meal eligibility for families on Universal Credit should therefore be widened to all children in the early years - regardless of setting or hours attended.
June 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Free-meal eligibility for families on Universal Credit should therefore be widened to all children in the early years - regardless of setting or hours attended.
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Our new @nuffieldfoundation.org funded report on free school meals (FSM) and free early years meals (FEYM) reveals significant variation in whether nurseries across England provide free early years meals to children living in poverty.
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Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals, government told
Free school meals will remain a "postcode lottery" unless the government automatically enrols disadvantaged families, a report has warned.
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June 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our new @nuffieldfoundation.org funded report on free school meals (FSM) and free early years meals (FEYM) reveals significant variation in whether nurseries across England provide free early years meals to children living in poverty.
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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Read the full report: epi.org.uk/publications...
How do free school meal registration practices differ across place and time? - Education Policy Institute
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by The Nuffield Foundation, shows significant variation in how free school meals (FSM) and free early years meals (FEYM) are accessed acros...
epi.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Read the full report: epi.org.uk/publications...
The expansion in FSM eligibility is a positive step but without a national system of auto-enrolment disadvantaged children will continue to miss out on the meals they are entitled to. See our latest research out today 👇🏻 #freeschoolmeals #FSM
Our new report, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, shows significant variation in how free school meals (FSM) and free early years meals (FEYM) are accessed across schools and local authorities (LA) in England.
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Free school meal plan requires key change to stop children ‘missing out’, Labour told
Experts say children may not receive the meals they are eligible for
www.independent.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The expansion in FSM eligibility is a positive step but without a national system of auto-enrolment disadvantaged children will continue to miss out on the meals they are entitled to. See our latest research out today 👇🏻 #freeschoolmeals #FSM
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Exciting opportunity to work on this important report with the @suttontrust.bsky.social
🚨 Freelance research opportunity 🚨
We're looking for a researcher to help us with data collection for our major report, Elitist Britain 2025 - looking at the backgrounds of those making up the country's elites - please do share in your networks 🙂
recruitment.suttontrust.com/jobs/5596434...
We're looking for a researcher to help us with data collection for our major report, Elitist Britain 2025 - looking at the backgrounds of those making up the country's elites - please do share in your networks 🙂
recruitment.suttontrust.com/jobs/5596434...
Research Contractor (Elitist Britain 2025) - The Sutton Trust
We’re looking for a freelance researcher to carry out work for our landmark report, Elitist Britain 2025
recruitment.suttontrust.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Exciting opportunity to work on this important report with the @suttontrust.bsky.social
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For further evidence on the difference cash transfers make, see my systematic review with @kerriscooper.bsky.social for @jrf-uk.bsky.social www.jrf.org.uk/care/does-mo....
Does money affect children’s outcomes?
Children in low-income households do less well than their better-off peers on many outcomes in life, such as education or health, simply because they are poorer.
www.jrf.org.uk
December 4, 2024 at 6:26 PM
For further evidence on the difference cash transfers make, see my systematic review with @kerriscooper.bsky.social for @jrf-uk.bsky.social www.jrf.org.uk/care/does-mo....
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This is absolutely huge from the Scottish Parliament. Combined with the Scottish Child Payment it means a family with 3 children on Universal Credit will be *£7k* per year better off than if they lived in England. And we know that will make a massive difference www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
John Swinney to lift two child benefit cap in Budget announcement
The Scottish Government will move to scrap a policy critics say pushes families into poverty.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 6:06 PM
This is absolutely huge from the Scottish Parliament. Combined with the Scottish Child Payment it means a family with 3 children on Universal Credit will be *£7k* per year better off than if they lived in England. And we know that will make a massive difference www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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Check out our new report on networks of headteachers and schools👇
📝Today the Education Policy Institute has published a new report, funded by the @nuffieldfound.bsky.social , examining headteachers’ and future headteachers’ career movements over a decade.
Main findings below👇:
Main findings below👇:
November 26, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Check out our new report on networks of headteachers and schools👇
Why do we have free meals for early primary children but not for our pre-school children? We know nutrition in early years is vital for healthy development and we know under-fives face higher risk of food poverty - my piece in @schoolsweek.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/early-years-...
The Knowledge: Early years food poverty and how to address it
A new EPI report calls on government to close the gap between meal provision in schools and in the early years
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Why do we have free meals for early primary children but not for our pre-school children? We know nutrition in early years is vital for healthy development and we know under-fives face higher risk of food poverty - my piece in @schoolsweek.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/early-years-...
We need to talk about #foodpoverty in the #earlyyears - under-fives are more likely to face food poverty which is damaging for early development - see our new report on this important but neglected topic
📝Today the Education Policy Institute has published a report ‘What can we do to reduce food poverty for under-fives?’ by @kerriscooper.bsky.social and Dr Eva Jimenez funded by the KPMG Foundation.
You can read the full report 👇
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Continue below for the main findings⬇️
You can read the full report 👇
epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Continue below for the main findings⬇️
November 28, 2024 at 10:35 AM
We need to talk about #foodpoverty in the #earlyyears - under-fives are more likely to face food poverty which is damaging for early development - see our new report on this important but neglected topic
Some really interesting analysis by Jenna Fowler using machine learning to predict FSM under-registration #freeschoolmeals
📝In a new blog, Jenna Fowler uses #MachineLearningmodels to explore factors predicting under-registration for #FreeSchoolMeals at the local authority-level.
Read the full blog here: epi.org.uk/publications...
Continue 👇
Read the full blog here: epi.org.uk/publications...
Continue 👇
Can machine learning using cross-government administrative and census data help us understand area-level under-registration for free school meals? - Education Policy Institute
Background: This exploratory project is nestled within a much larger research project being conducted by Dr Tammy Campbell and Dr Kerris Cooper: ‘What has ‘Free School Meals’ measured and what are the...
epi.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Some really interesting analysis by Jenna Fowler using machine learning to predict FSM under-registration #freeschoolmeals
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▶️Data suggests in local authorities on the map shaded in red, registration for FSM is lower than expected, compared to deprivation (IDACI) rates.
November 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM
▶️Data suggests in local authorities on the map shaded in red, registration for FSM is lower than expected, compared to deprivation (IDACI) rates.
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📝In a new blog, Jenna Fowler uses #MachineLearningmodels to explore factors predicting under-registration for #FreeSchoolMeals at the local authority-level.
Read the full blog here: epi.org.uk/publications...
Continue 👇
Read the full blog here: epi.org.uk/publications...
Continue 👇
Can machine learning using cross-government administrative and census data help us understand area-level under-registration for free school meals? - Education Policy Institute
Background: This exploratory project is nestled within a much larger research project being conducted by Dr Tammy Campbell and Dr Kerris Cooper: ‘What has ‘Free School Meals’ measured and what are the...
epi.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM
📝In a new blog, Jenna Fowler uses #MachineLearningmodels to explore factors predicting under-registration for #FreeSchoolMeals at the local authority-level.
Read the full blog here: epi.org.uk/publications...
Continue 👇
Read the full blog here: epi.org.uk/publications...
Continue 👇
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Click here 👇https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/what-has-free-school-meals-measured to read more about #FreeSchoolMeals research being done by @drtammycampbell.bsky.social and @kerriscooper.bsky.social
What has 'Free School Meals' measured and what are the implications? - Nuffield Foundation
New research from the Education Policy Institute is looking at the suitability of the Free School Meals measure for use in research and policy.
www.nuffieldfoundation.org
November 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Click here 👇https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/what-has-free-school-meals-measured to read more about #FreeSchoolMeals research being done by @drtammycampbell.bsky.social and @kerriscooper.bsky.social
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There is a strong association between deprivation and #obesity in children.
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
There is a strong association between deprivation and #obesity in children.
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
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Not quite back to 1937, but you can see the gradual decline over 60 years here from @jrf-uk.bsky.social's Guarantee our Essentials Full Report at www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur...
November 18, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Not quite back to 1937, but you can see the gradual decline over 60 years here from @jrf-uk.bsky.social's Guarantee our Essentials Full Report at www.jrf.org.uk/social-secur...
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🚨Blog: What do we know about teachers’ use of edtech?
📝Latest analysis by Dr Joana Cardim Dias and Helen McGlade explores current edtech usage in schools, impact on teacher workload, and efforts to support equitable and effective adoption
Read more👇
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📝Latest analysis by Dr Joana Cardim Dias and Helen McGlade explores current edtech usage in schools, impact on teacher workload, and efforts to support equitable and effective adoption
Read more👇
epi.org.uk/publications...
What do we know about teachers' use of edtech? - Education Policy Institute
Education technology (edtech) has been available for the past couple of decades, but since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the move to online learning during subsequent lockdowns, the use of ed...
epi.org.uk
November 15, 2024 at 2:52 PM
🚨Blog: What do we know about teachers’ use of edtech?
📝Latest analysis by Dr Joana Cardim Dias and Helen McGlade explores current edtech usage in schools, impact on teacher workload, and efforts to support equitable and effective adoption
Read more👇
epi.org.uk/publications...
📝Latest analysis by Dr Joana Cardim Dias and Helen McGlade explores current edtech usage in schools, impact on teacher workload, and efforts to support equitable and effective adoption
Read more👇
epi.org.uk/publications...
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Speaking at the launch paper for Unsung Britain, Abigail McKnight discusses the disproportionate burden of care borne by women.
Just as women in low-to-middle income families are participating in the labour market more, might caring responsibilities reverse that trend?
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Just as women in low-to-middle income families are participating in the labour market more, might caring responsibilities reverse that trend?
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November 15, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Speaking at the launch paper for Unsung Britain, Abigail McKnight discusses the disproportionate burden of care borne by women.
Just as women in low-to-middle income families are participating in the labour market more, might caring responsibilities reverse that trend?
👉 buff.ly/3Yycpj6
Just as women in low-to-middle income families are participating in the labour market more, might caring responsibilities reverse that trend?
👉 buff.ly/3Yycpj6
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📝New report by EPI published today examines the impact of the national phonics screening check (PSC) on early reading development in primary schools across England
Read the full report▶️ epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Read the full report▶️ epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
November 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM
📝New report by EPI published today examines the impact of the national phonics screening check (PSC) on early reading development in primary schools across England
Read the full report▶️ epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Read the full report▶️ epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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The living standards of low-to-middle income Britain changed significantly since the mid-1990s.
After about a decade of significant growth, income growth has stagnated since the mid-2000s.
Here are the key things you need to know ⬇️
After about a decade of significant growth, income growth has stagnated since the mid-2000s.
Here are the key things you need to know ⬇️
November 14, 2024 at 4:13 PM
The living standards of low-to-middle income Britain changed significantly since the mid-1990s.
After about a decade of significant growth, income growth has stagnated since the mid-2000s.
Here are the key things you need to know ⬇️
After about a decade of significant growth, income growth has stagnated since the mid-2000s.
Here are the key things you need to know ⬇️