Our goal is for the early years sector to provide the foundations for children to have happy, healthy and successful lives, and to enable parents to work. The sector has some challenges in common with our other sectors but it faces a different local and systemic context. We are interested in evidence that will help us enable a healthy and sustainable early years market which maximises the valuable outcomes of the sector.
If you would like to discuss previous, ongoing or potential research into any of the areas in this document, please contact research.engagement@education.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The 2017 Lancet Series, Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale, estimated that 43% of children under 5 years in LMICs (250m children), were at risk of not reaching their potential because they had s...
Funded by: GCRF
Lead research organisation: University of Oxford
The project addresses the impact of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) and home learning environment on children's development and educational outcomes, utilizing global data and multi-disciplinary expertise.
EasyPeasy requests £46,867 in matched funding (£23k already secured) to support a 3-month content task-force to become the go-to early years app for parents and teachers during the COVID-19 crisis, and beyond...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CHARACTER COUNTS LTD
The project focuses on supporting families with young children through a digital platform that promotes early learning at home, addressing the need for guidance and encouragement in the home learning environment.
Despite the wide acknowledgment that adverse early life conditions negatively influence cognitive development (e.g. longitudinal UK data Feinstein, 2003; Jerrim & Vignoles, 2013; Schoon, Hope, Ross, & Duckworth, ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge
The project investigates the developmental mechanisms of early learning skills and life conditions on educational outcomes, aiming to inform policy for promoting children's school readiness and reducing educational disadvantage.