Quantifiable benefits

The results of a 40-year study carried out in the US show that quality nursery education not only has quantifiable benefits up to the age of seven but right up to adulthood. Key findings highlight that those who attended the High/Scope Perry Pre-School programme in 1962 went on to achieve a higher standard of education, had higher paid jobs and committed fewer crimes, than those who did not. The study followed 124 black children from low-income families, 58 of whom received a high-quality, half-day, pre-school programme that included weekly home visits by well-trained teachers, in small groups of five or...