Nursery World - A head start

Ten years on, Peers Early Education Partnership is leading the way in helping foster young children's development and parents' well-being, says Wendy Scott Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP), a registered charity, was set up in 1995 by a governor at the Peers School in Oxford concerned about the low literacy levels of 13-year-olds at the school. He involved others with high expectations of what children and adults can achieve together. They aimed to make significant improvements to educational attainment within the whole community by encouraging parents and carers to learn with their children and to engage with their development from the start.

Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP), a registered charity, was set up in 1995 by a governor at the Peers School in Oxford concerned about the low literacy levels of 13-year-olds at the school. He involved others with high expectations of what children and adults can achieve together. They aimed to make significant improvements to educational attainment within the whole community by encouraging parents and carers to learn with their children and to engage with their development from the start.

PEEP groups originally opened within the school catchment in south-east Oxford. Over ten years, programmes have been developed that take account of findings such as evidence of the cumulative impact of the development of communication skills.

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