Children, Schools & Families

This is an observational study investigating the effect that childhood vaccinations have on people's health.

Childcare providers in disadvantaged areas face challenges in terms of remaining sustainable and improving quality ...

Our evaluation of the Government scheme providing free early-years education to disadvantaged 2-year olds...

Gives an estimate of the number of young people (aged 11-15) absent from state school because of severe experiences of bullying...

This evaluation looks at the implementation, impact and value for money of the Every Child a Reader (ECaR) programme...

Mapping patterns of worklessness across successive generations...

This study sets out to draw a detailed picture of what very young children eat ...

The Offending Crime & Justice study examined offences, anti-social behaviour and drug use among young people.

This report presents findings from our study of parents’ experiences of the Special Educational Needs system...

This review is aimed at providing a comprehensive understanding of the key characteristics of ‘what works’ in terms of early interventions to prevent or reduce youth crime or anti-social behaviour.

The largest social research study of its kind in the world with 40,000 households - 100,000 individuals - taking part across the UK...