Children who receive a rich variety of home learning before they start school achieve better results in maths tests at 10, according to a government-funded study into childhood learning in England, based on a survey of almost 3,000 pupils and 800 primary schools.
Professor Edward Melhuish at Birkbeck, University of London, who led the research said the results showed that a combination of a good home learning environment, good preschool education and a good primary school were all important for later results.
Click here to read full article in The Guardian. Author: James Randerson, Science Correspondent
To access the National Evaluation of Sure Start (England) research: http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/
