Improving school attendance starts with understanding what lies behind absence, writes Senior Research Manager Dr Emma Moore who discusses our latest research into this ongoing challenge.

Lorna Cocking MBE has stepped down as Chair of NFER’s Board of Trustees, after more than a decade of valued contribution to our organisation.

NFER has today launched new restandardisation for NFER Tests, providing schools with updated benchmarks based on a nationally representative sample of 177,000 pupils. 

NFER Co-Head of Policy and Practice Jude Hillary has responded to the Chancellor’s announcement on apprenticeships and the re-introduction of the Union Learning Fund.

NFER Co-Head of Policy and Practice, Jude Hillary, has responded to Government plans for new vocational GCSEs from 2029, highlighting opportunities, work experience, subject choice and inequality.

The dates of the annual National Reference Test (NRT) have been announced by Ofqual. It will be held between 22 February and 05 March 2027.