The final report of the first major study into the impact of pre-school education in the country, Effective Pre-School Provision in Northern Ireland (EPPNI), due this week, has found that children who attend any early years setting at all do better than those with no pre-school education.
The findings, based on children's progress at primary school at the age of eight, chime with those of the Effective Provision of Pre-school Education study in England.
Speaking before the report's publication, Professor Edward Melhuish, of Birkbeck College, London, told Nursery World, 'In almost all respects the results parallel the EPPE work. It's clear in both countries that pre-school aids cognitive and social development.'
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