NFER's Gustavo Henndel Lopes and Jenna Julius blog on the financial pressures facing schools in September 2025, drawing on responses from over 350 senior leaders to our June 2025 Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey.

NFER Research Directors Jenna Julius and Rebecca Wheater outline why Ofsted’s long-awaited inspection framework and report cards proposals still have significant creases that must be ironed out, with just eight weeks before they are introduced.

NFER have launched new online assessments that can support pupils develop their literacy and numeracy skills in Years 5 and 6.

NFER Research Manager Lillian Flemons discusses the key findings from our recent research looking at the early years workforce in England.

New NFER analysis suggests that the early years workforce continues to face substantial recruitment and retention challenges despite recent growth in the number of staff.