Nursery World - Learning & Development: Seeds of learning

The SEED project will follow thousands of children from age two to
the end of Key Stage 1. Charity 4Children reports on the story so
far.

Launched in the autumn of 2013, the Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) is the first piece of major research to assess the impact of childcare and early education provision on the educational development of young children since the Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) study.

The £5m, eight-year study, funded by the Department for Education, is being led by NatCen Social Research, with early years academic Professor Edward Melhuish (University of Oxford). Also working in collaboration with NatCen on the project are 4Children and Frontier Economics.

Sue Robb, head of early years at 4Children, says, 'We are pleased to be part of the SEED longitudinal study because we recognise how the findings will influence early years and childcare policy in the years to come.'

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