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Important Maintenance
Following the release on 12th August we need to carry out additional follow-up maintenance on the weekend of 15th-16th August 2026, and on Sunday 23rd August 2026. During this time, the system will be unavailable. We've scheduled this extra work for a weekend to keep any disruption to a minimum.
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Welcome to NCER
All local authorities in England, plus the Ministry of Defence Children and Young People Directorate, subscribe to NCER membership for a wide range of early education, social care (CLA & CIN), special educational needs, attendance and contextual performance data analysis, intelligence, infographics and data commentary through Nexus for local authorities and Perspective Lite for schools.
Who We Are
Our Services
Features
NCER Insight Analysis
High quality infographics and data commentary, with NCER national data, streamlines reporting for senior management and Inspections.
FEATURE
NCER Insight Analysis
High quality infographics and data commentary, with NCER national data, streamlines reporting for senior management and Inspections.
NCER Live Reports
Comprehensive, interactive reporting with flexible, multi-filter aggregation for tailored vulnerable group analysis, all with comparative NCER national and regional data.
FEATURE
NCER Live Reports
Comprehensive, interactive reporting with flexible, multi-filter aggregation for tailored vulnerable group analysis, all with comparative NCER national and regional data.
NCER Early Nationals
Utilising the strength of all local authorities loading in data, NCER systems provide an accurate source of early, reliable national and regional data, months ahead of national publications.
FEATURE
NCER Early Nationals
Utilising the strength of all local authorities loading in data, NCER systems provide an accurate source of early, reliable national and regional data, months ahead of national publications.
Powerful Data Matching
Primary and secondary assessment data is matched to census data, including absence and exclusions, and CLA or CIN census data, creating powerful, unique analysis.
FEATURE
Powerful Data Matching
Primary and secondary assessment data is matched to census data, including absence and exclusions, and CLA or CIN census data, creating powerful, unique analysis.