Kiran Gill

Associate fellow, Work and Welfare State

Kiran supports IPPR's Work and Welfare State team on education and skills policy.

Kiran began her career in inner-city London, as an English teacher in schools serving the most deprived postcodes in the country. After five years on the frontline, Kiran left to work in education policy, searching for solutions to the rising number of vulnerable children who fall through the gaps. Kiran was working at Social Mobility Commission when she conceived the idea for The Difference. She has led its work full-time since January 2017.

Kiran is driven by her own family experiences. Growing up with two adopted sisters, Kiran witnessed the long-term effects of childhood trauma and the lack of support for young people with complex needs. This insight is what keeps Kiran striving for the most vulnerable children to get the education they deserve.

In 2017 Kiran co-authored the IPPR report Making The Difference: Breaking the link between school exclusion and social exclusion. Find out more about IPPR’s work on The Difference in this article in The Times.

More from this author:

  1. Who is losing learning?: The case for reducing exclusions across mainstream schools

    We must address the alarming numbers of children losing learning.

  2. Making the vulnerable visible: Narrowing the attainment gap after Covid-19

    Covid-19 has been the biggest disruption in education since the Second World War. Without action to address a widening ‘vulnerability gap’ we will fail to improve attainment for those furthest behind.

  3. Making The Difference: Breaking the link between school exclusion and social exclusion

    Nowhere is Britain’s social mobility failure more obvious than in the example of school exclusion in England.