…research. www.nfer.ac.uk @TheNFER The NFER runs Teacher Voice Omnibus Surveys three times a year, in the autumn, spring and summer terms. The robust survey achieves responses from over 1,000 practising…
Free schools fail to fulfil their original purpose
…self-improving school system, driving up standards through greater school choice and increased competition. But while free schools were meant to increase the number of schools with innovative approaches to their…
One in four teachers take on private tuition outside of school
…into commissioning self-funded research to further contribute to the science and knowledge of education research. www.nfer.ac.uk @TheNFER Ipsos MORI interviewed 2,809 school children aged 11-16 in secondary schools (excluding special…
Parent Power?
…school system. Key Findings Parents’ evenings or discussions with other parents were used to inform parental choice of school more often than league tables or Ofsted reports. A higher proportion…
Sutton Trust responds to the Office for Students’ consultation on a new approach to regulating equality of opportunity
The Sutton Trust has submitted a response to the Office for Students’ consultation on a new approach to regulating equality of opportunity in English higher education. The consultation was seeking…
State schools twice as likely as private schools to report high staff absences due to covid
…covid-related staff absences than private schools, with state school teachers almost twice as likely to report that one in 10 or more of their colleagues were absent due to covid…