Nursery World - Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

Research interviews began last week with families taking part in one of the largest ever Government-funded studies into early years education.

The development of around 5,000 two-year-olds will be followed until the end of Key Stage 1 in the eight-year £5m Study of Early Education and Development - known as SEED.

The longitudinal study will also look at quality in the early years settings that are being used by the children taking part in the study. This part of the research is led by 4Children and early years academic Professor Ted Melhuish of Birkbeck College, who was the lead on the pioneering Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) study.

Project director Dr Jane O'Brien, of the children and young people team at NatCen Social Research, who is leading the project, said that the study, which is worth £4.7m, shows a strong commitment from the Government to early years and to finding out about what needs to be in place for the sector to be effective.

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