Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Dr Pallavi Banerjee is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. She is currently on secondment to the Department for Education. She is the Principal Investigator and Director of the Inequalities Action Lab at Cambridge and the Founding Director of the Education, inequality and policy evaluation community (EIPEC) which is affiliated to ADR UK and funded by UKRI. Her recent report on gov.uk which was cited in the Schools white paper published in February 2026 can be accessed here:

• Banerjee, P. (2025) The Home learning environment and attainment. Department for Education Research report RR 1502 ISBN: 978-1-83870-629-6 (c) Crown copyright