BIPE Project

Welcome to our project website!

The Bias In Primary Education Project is a research study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which investigates how students’ socioeconomic background and ethnicity impact on teachers’ views of their attitudes to school and school performance. The project’s findings will help better understand interactions between teachers and students, and school-internal processes that contribute to social and ethnic inequalities in education.

Currently, we are analysing data from three countries:

  • England
  • Scotland
  • Germany

We also plan to use data on Ireland.

Colourful illustration of a primary school classroom. The children are a mix of gender, race and social class. The teacher stands at the front and we can see their perceptions of the children - some are accurate and some are wrong.

Bias In Primary Education Project illustration, by Lucy Haslam

Have a read through our project overview to learn more about the project’s aims and approaches, discover our first findings, and take a look at our flyer for our free school staff seminars on social and ethnic inequalities in education.

UKRI: Economic and Social Research Council

Project overview

Meet the team