Nursery World - Five-year University of Oxford study will look at how to improve the lives of children and families

A project to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged children and families by better understanding their needs and experiences has been awarded £2.8 million by the Nuffield Foundation.

The focus of the project will be on families who need extra support from local authority children’s services PHOTO Adobe Stock

Over the next five years, Professor Leon Feinstein, director of the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford, will lead the research project – a collaboration between local authorities and universities - to transform how information about and from children and families is gathered, interpreted and used in child and family social policy at local and national level.

The focus of the project will be on children and families who need additional support from local authority children’s services, including those who are referred to children’s social care services, younger children who need help to have a good start at school and children in care and young people leaving care.

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