Nursery World - We need better data

Nursery World columnist Natalie Perera argues the case for more data in the early years sector.

Last month, the Education Policy Institute was delighted to host the launch of a new report by the OECD, ‘Starting Strong 2017’. The report compared early education and childcare in more than 30 countries, and one of the key findings was that, in the UK, children who attended pre-school for two years or longer performed better (by around half a year) at age 15 than those who didn’t. Overall, the report supported greater investment and political focus in the early years, but it was clear that more research is needed.

The OECD also confirmed, last week, that England will join a new study that aims to understand how the early years can boost development. The study will look at a range of factors including language, literacy and numeracy.

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