being able to follow a particular cohort of children (all state school children in England in Year 11 in 2001-02) from age …

There is a long history of research in the UK and elsewhere showing that children who are born at the end of the … academic year tend to have lower educational attainment than children born at the start of the academic year. In England, where … the academic year runs from 1 September to 31 August, this means that children born in the summer tend to perform worse …

in schools with the most educationally disadvantaged pupils. There are two questions to answer when deciding the … measure of socio-economic status- the pupils' eligibility for free school meals (FSM)- and three neighbourhood measures …: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) scores (used by Teach First to define its current eligibility criterion …

The COVID-19 school closures forced children and parents to make unprecedented changes to their daily routines …. Including the summer holidays, most children will have had a five-and-a-half-month break from physically attending school by the … some children, and the inequalities that it could lead to (Burgess and Vignoles, 2020; Education Endowment Foundation, 2020 …

This report studies the impact of Sure Start, which supported families of under-5s, on children’s behaviour, youth …

-emotional development between children at older ages. It documents and explores the differences between children born to cohabiting and … these differences may play a role in explaining the gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development between children born …