a programme of observation, analysis and innovation supported by the European Commission’s department of Education & Culture, SOCRATES programme 2.1.2 Educational Policies that Address Social I nequality Country Report: The United Kingdom This report was written by the UK team: Carole Leathwood, Alistair Ross, Marie-Pierre Moreau, Nicola Rollock and Katya Williams Institute for Policy Studies in Education London Metropolitan University, UK November 2008 The EPASI project is a programme of analysis of educational programmes in fourteen European countries, designed to address various forms of social inequality. The project analysis was conducted in the period 2007 – 2009. This report is part of the overall project, details of which are at http://www.epasi.eu . The analysis is intended to be used within the overall framework of the EPASI programme. The project has been funded with support from the European Commission. Each report within the overall project is the responsibility of the named authors. The EPASI project was conducted by the following institutions: • The Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University (UK) (Coordinator) • Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen (Belgium) • Univerzita Hradec Králové (Czech Republic) • Montpellier III - Université Paul Valéry (France) • Panepistimio Patron ƴΑƱΕƴΙƶƷΗưΙƳ ƴΑƷƵΩƱ (Greece) • Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona (Spain) • Malmö högskola (Sweden) MALMÖ HÖGSKOLA