Megan Lucas and Jenna Julius from the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) have written a new report on the impact of cost-of-living. The NFER website notes: Since 2021, unprecedented increases in energy costs, rapid increases in food costs and substantial increases in the cost of housing via higher rent/mortgage costs have driven a dramatic … Continue reading Impact of the cost-of-living crisis on schools

The NFER (National Foundation for Education Research) has, this month, published two reports on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on schools - over 2700 teachers and senior leaders were surveyed in April and May 2023 in mainstream and special schools. The research, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and conducted in collaboration with ASK Research, … Continue reading Cost-of-living crisis: Impact on schools