A team of researchers from the Institute of Education have been investigating the academic and social-behavioural development of approximately 3,000 children from the age of three since 1997.
The final report of the Key Stage 3 phase of the Effective Provision of Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education Project (EPPSE) to be published at the end of next month will summarise and draw together all the findings from pre-school to the age of 14.
Meanwhile, the latest reports from the study evaluate children's attainment and progress in Key Stage 3 in English, maths and science, between ages 11 and 14.
The researchers found that pre-school quality and effectiveness continued to predict students' academic attainment in Year 9, even after background characteristics were taken into account.
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