Future Opportunities for Education Technology in England

Overview & Synopsis

In December 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) appointed Ecorys UK to undertake a research project: Future opportunities for education technology in England. The project aimed to provide insights to the future of the EdTech market in England, considering likely developments in digital technology and education policy. This report presents the triangulated findings from work carried out over four months, from December 2021 to March 2022, which comprised of a rapid review of the literature, telephone interviews with policy and industry key stakeholders, workshops with teachers and EdTech sector representatives, and a survey administered with a nationally representative sample of teachers through the Teacher Tapp app. In this report, the authors introduce the background context to the project. They then present the aims and objectives and explain the methods that were deployed, including sampling considerations, data strengths, limitations and caveats. Finally, the authors outline the structure for the remainder of the report.