Schools, education & training

We were commissioned by the College of Policing to evaluate Operation Divan (Op Divan) and Operation Met Divan (Op Met Divan), two early intervention programmes aiming to educate and support young people under the age of 18, suspected of carrying knives or other weapons.

We were commissioned by the College of Policing to evaluate DIVERT and the Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV), two interventions aiming to divert young people and young adults away from serious violence.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) commissioned the Children and Families team at NatCen to evaluate the pilot.

NatCen, in collaboration with lead institution the Education Policy Institute (EPI), were commissioned by the Social Mobility Commission to conduct research into the national, regional and organisational barriers to a stable early years (EY) workforce in England.

We were commissioned by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues to conduct an evaluative survey to provide JCCV with a better idea of the extent and nature of its impact on schools and practitioners.

This research produces temporal trends for a range of different indicators of mental disorder, taking a gender-informed perspective on context and risk.

Project Success aimed to use text messages to improve GCSE English and/maths re-sit pass rates.

Testing whether increasing students’ physical activity can lead to improved cognition and academic attainment.

A report on part-time and mature students and their chosen qualifications and levels, and the factors that inform their choices.

Commissioned as part of the CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) programme with Arts Council England, this research explores the potential of the Understanding Society surveys to help us build understanding of relationships between culture and sports engagement and the health and wellbeing of adults in England.