Avnee Morjaria

Associate director for public services

Avnee leads IPPR's public services teams focusing on education, childcare, health and social care.

Avnee was previously the Policy and Strategy director for the UK education division of Oxford University Press. Prior to this she was a senior strategist and policy adviser at the Department for Education. She worked, most recently on childcare reform, advising on the expansion of free childcare in the spring budget of 2023.

Before that, Avnee advised Ministers on a range of issues including remote education policy when schools were closed, education recovery and curriculum strategy including the set-up of Oak National Academy. Avnee started her career as a maths teacher, school leader and Ofsted inspector working in deprived catchments in London and the midlands.

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    The first 100 days: A blueprint for renewal

    The choices that the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, makes in the first 100 days must demonstrate that he is on the side of ordinary people. 
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    "Primary is what comes first": How end of key stage 2 exams impact disadvantaged children

    End of primary school tests need reform to work better for the children who need the most support at school.

  3. Britain’s broken social contract: Young people have lost faith in their future

    Drawing on new evidence, this blog examines the decline in young people’s optimism about work, success and social mobility, and argues for a new deal to rebuild trust in Britain’s social contract.
  4. A photo of a hospital corridor. A bed on wheel sits waiting while a person in scrubs runs away blurred in the distance

    Bismarck versus Beveridge revisited: Does the model shape the outcome?

    The NHS is under serious pressure.

  5. Avnee Morjaria on Sky News discussing SEND reform

  6. Avnee Morjaria on BBC Politics discussing pupil violence