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The Early Years Workforce in England 2025
New research provides an overview of the early years workforce in England and identifies risks and challenges for recruitment and retention.
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NFER Online Assessments (NOA)
NFER Online Assessments are now available for years 5 and 6! See the full Key Stage 2 suite in action with your own interactive demo.
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The Teaching Workforce: Summary of Research
This booklet provides a summary of NFER's key research findings and policy recommendations from our in-depth research into issues impacting the teacher workforce from the last 12 months.
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Do free schools increase opportunities and reduce disparities in economic and social outcomes?
New research, conducted in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University, and funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), provides the most rigorous assessment to date of the impact which secondary free schools have had since their introduction in 2010.
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Ethnic disparities in entry to teacher training, teacher retention and progression to leadership
This research, funded by Mission 44, follows NFER’s previous research on racial equality in the teacher workforce to further explore the factors influencing ethnic disparities at three key progression points.
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New online assessments launched to help pupils develop their literacy and numeracy skills throughout Key Stage 2
New Blog: Addressing low pay is key if the Government wants to deliver on its early years ambitions.
Poor pay and career progression in early years workforce could hamper expansion of the free childcare entitlement
National Reference Test Results Digest 2025
