Pre-school experience and Key Stage 2 performance in English and Mathematics

Authors

Edward Melhuish, University of WollongongFollow
Louise Quinn, Queen's University Belfast
Kathy Sylva, University of Oxford
Pam Sammons, University of Oxford
Iram Siraj-Blatchford, University of WollongongFollow
Brenda Taggart, University of London

RIS ID

109616

Publication Details

Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. & Taggart, B. (2010). Pre-school experience and Key Stage 2 performance in English and Mathematics. Bangor, Northern Ireland: Department of Education.

Abstract

This report considers children's educational attainment in English and mathematics at the end of primary school (age 11). Children's educational attainment in English and mathematics was derived from their national Key Stage 2 assessments. The analyses have considered the child's level of Key Stage 2 attainment in terms of the effects of child, family, home environment and preschool experience variables as well as the child's ability at the start of primary school.