Education and employment

Here you will find research into the numbers, access and experiences of blind and partially sighted people in education and employment.

This page displays the most recent reports published in this category. For other reports in this area please visit the Research Library.

NFER, educational provision

Educational provision for blind and partially sighted children and young people in England: 2007

• Educational Provision Briefing (Word 29 KB)
• Educational Provision Briefing (PDF 33 KB)
• Educational Provision Summary (Word 152 KB)
• Educational Provision England Report (538 KB)
• Educational Provision Great Britain Report (338 KB)
• Educational Provision Wales Report (Word 314 KB).
  

Labour force survey

Labour market experiences of people with seeing difficulties, 2008.

• Labour Force Briefing (Word 61 KB)
• Labour Force Briefing (PDF 38 KB)
• Labour Force Summary (Word 775 KB)
• Labour Force Summary (PDF 49 KB)
• Labour Force Report (Word 1, 618 KB)
• Labour Force Report (PDF 190 KB).

Too little too late

Too Little too Late: provision of school text books for blind and partially sighted pupils, 2006

• Too Little too Late (Word 663 KB)
• Too Little too Late (PDF 976 KB).

Practitioner-led research, early support

Final Report, 2007-8

• Early Support Final Report (Word 155 KB)

International exams survey

A summary report on international systems of exam access for visually impaired pupils.

• Survey of international exams access (Word 1.15 MB)

Educational attainment for blind and partially sighted pupils

An updated report for 2009 from the National Centre for Social Research on behalf of RNIB.

• Educational attainment for blind and partially sighted pupils (Word, 1.32 MB)