NFER Senior Economist Michael Scott has given his reaction to the Department for Education’s (DfE) Dedicated Schools Grant allocations 2025-26 written statement.

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.

NFER School Workforce Lead, Jack Worth, has responded to the Department for Education's (DfE) proposal for a 2.8 per cent teaching staff pay rise for 2025/26.

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.

The finding comes from the latest OECD Survey of Adult Skills, which measures literacy, numeracy and adaptive problem solving skills in adults aged 16-65 in 31 countries.

The finding comes from research, funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, which outlines some of the policy choices available to the Government so it can reach it's manifesto target of 6,500 additional teachers.