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Education: Free childcare 'has made no improvement in primary school exam results', research shows

24 May 2016

Free nursery care for three year olds has made little or no improvement in primary school exam results, a nine-year study has revealed as academics say the Labour policy has had 'no impact'. ... However, the first and largest study on how effective the policy has been has shown there has been little in the way of academic improvement for children age 7 and 11. ... Dr Jo Blanden, one of the researchers and senior lecturer in economics at the University of Surrey, said the policy was not effective because free care was of lesser quality than private one.

This article was published by The Telegraph on May 24, 2016
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Related publications
Universal Pre-School Education: The Case of Public Funding with Private Provision, Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Sandra McNally and Birgitta Rabe, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1352, May 2015

Related links
Jo Blanden webpage
Sandra McNally webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage

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