Education

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New polling data from the 2026 Ipsos Education Monitor, conducted across 31 countries between 19 June and 3 July 2026, reveals a distinct wave of public scepticism across Great Britain regarding the economic return of higher education amidst persistent cost-of-living pressures, tuition fee debates, and student debt burdens.

Ipsos will lead the independent national evaluation of the Department for Education’s Free Breakfast Clubs programme in primary schools across England.

Ipsos in the UK and National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) have been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver the next phase of the Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders study.

The Department for Education has commissioned an independent evaluation of the national rollout of free and universal breakfast clubs. This page provides information for schools and parents/carers about the research, why it matters and what taking part may involve.

Technical Education in the UK: insights from the latest learner experiences.

Latest polling explores attitudes towards student loan repayments in England.

As the government prepares reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system, early support, identification, and training for educators top the public’s priority list.

Over half (56%) of Britons support banning mobile phones in schools altogether, up 8 ppts since September 2024. Seven in ten (72%) would support a law that requires social companies to use age-verification to ban children under the age of 16 from accessing their platforms.