
25 February 2025
New blog - Exploring the special schools workforce: What's the current picture?
In this first of a two part feature length blog post series on special schools, Senior Economist Michael Scott discusses the current workforce, teacher vacancy rates and data about teachers with qualified teacher status (QTS).
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20 February 2025
Providing sustained skill development starting from early childhood is key to meeting future workforce needs
A new study as part of the Skills Imperative 2035 project suggests cognitive and behavioural skills gaps which emerge in early years - if identified and addressed as children progress through education - could support improved labour market outcomes.
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13 January 2025
NFER comment on the Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan
Our Head of Classroom Practice and Workforce, Dr Ben Styles, has given his reaction to the Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan.
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18 December 2024
NFER comment on the DfE's Dedicated Schools Grant allocations 2025-26 written statement
NFER Senior Economist Michael Scott has given his reaction to the Department for Education’s (DfE) Dedicated Schools Grant allocations 2025-26 written statement.
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16 December 2024
What can be done to tackle skills inequality and support all workers to have the right skills for the future?
NFER's Head of UK Policy and Practice Jude Hillary cites two recent reports which help us understand the types of skills we could be lacking in the future, and how we might obtain them.
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11 December 2024
Blog - Learning from the last four years: Tracking the impact of KS1 school closures on pupils’ attainment and social skills
Research Manager Tara Paxman summarises our four year longitudinal study looking at the impact of Covid-19 on the youngest pupils at the start of the pandemic.
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