Education

Ipsos in the UK and National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) have been appointed by the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver the next phase of the Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders study.

The Department for Education has commissioned an independent evaluation of the national rollout of free and universal breakfast clubs. This page provides information for schools and parents/carers about the research, why it matters and what taking part may involve.

Technical Education in the UK: insights from the latest learner experiences.

Latest polling explores attitudes towards student loan repayments in England.

As the government prepares reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system, early support, identification, and training for educators top the public’s priority list.

Over half (56%) of Britons support banning mobile phones in schools altogether, up 8 ppts since September 2024. Seven in ten (72%) would support a law that requires social companies to use age-verification to ban children under the age of 16 from accessing their platforms.

The Social Mobility Commission commissioned a survey of over 5,000 UK adults to research public attitudes and evolving aspirations.

Given the choice, people would prefer to have been born in 1975 rather than 2025 by a margin of almost two to one.

In a break from the global trend, Britons now see the effects of social media and technology as the number one challenge facing young people (34%), ahead of mental health.