Teacherlabourmarket2025
17 March 2025

Government will need a joined-up policy approach to have a hope of delivering 6,500 more teachers

NFER School Workforce Lead Jack Worth has blogged about the findings from the latest Teacher Labour Market in England 2025 report.
Read more
Ed Tech In The Classroom 1
16 March 2025

AI – help or hindrance?

NFER Research Director Helen Poet blogs about the latest research on using ChatGPT to support lesson preparation, and the implications for school and college leaders.
Read more
TLM2025
13 March 2025

Government Spending Review is last chance to meet 6,500 new teacher target as unfilled teacher vacancies hit record high

NFER’s 2025 Teacher Labour Market in England Annual Report has revealed that teacher unfilled vacancy levels are at their highest rates since records began in 2010.
Read more
PAC Educational Attainment 1
07 March 2025

NFER statement in response to Public Accounts Committee’s report into educational attainment of disadvantaged children

Co-Head of UK Policy and Practice Jude Hillary has given his reaction to a new Public Accounts Committee inquiry report.
Read more
Special School Teachers 1
04 March 2025

New blog - Special School Teachers: Where do they come from? Where do they go?

Following last week's blog post on the current make up of the special schools workforce, Senior Economist Michael Scott turns to the current teacher recruitment and retention dynamics.
Read more
Disadvantaged Attainment Gap 2
03 March 2025

New blog - We can’t close the disadvantage gap if we dont know whats driving it

Co-Head of UK Policy and Practice Research Jude Hillary discusses the latest data on secondary school attainment outcomes for 2023/24.
Read more
Teacher Workforce Dashboard 1
27 February 2025

Updated interactive dashboard highlights key workforce challenges facing schools with more disadvantaged pupils

Our updated interactive dashboard has found that schools with the highest rates of pupils who receive free school meals (FSM) have larger teacher recruitment and retention challenges.
Read more