School Funding 2024 Blog 8
25 October 2024

Statement: Government should reimburse schools if employer national insurance contributions are increased

NFER Chief Executive Carole Willis has called on the Government to reimburse schools if employer national insurance contributions are increased.
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Teacher Voice Omnibus
16 October 2024

Evaluation of the early roll-out of the Early Career Framework

New findings from NFER’s evaluation of the early roll-out of the Early Career Framework. The study explored the impact of the programme on the retention of Early Career Teachers and their perceptions of teaching quality, job satisfaction and self-efficacy.
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Pupil Absence Project 1
08 October 2024

NFER to conduct new research on tackling pupil absence

Find out how you can help with a new study which focusses on the strategies and activities that schools in England can use to help pupils return after absence.
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Impact Of Covid 19 Year 4
07 October 2024

Impact of school closures in Key Stage 1 on attainment and social skills of pupils in Year 4 and Year 5 in academic year 2023/2024

This report represents the findings from the fourth year of a longitudinal study which has followed a group of the youngest school-aged children during and since the Covid-19 pandemic to understand the long-term impact of Covid-19 related disruption.
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Ben Styles
27 September 2024

NFER response to latest National Tutoring Programme reports from DFE

Dr Ben Styles, NFER's Co-Head of UK Policy and Practice and Head of Classroom Practice and Workforce, gives his response to the two new reports on the National Tutoring Programme.
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