Children

Major research project that provides the Department for Education with the critical information needed to monitor and evaluate childcare and early years provision.

This survey looks at the mental health of children and young people, experiences of family life, education and services, and worries and anxieties during the coronavirus pandemic.

This evidence review examines the implications of contact for the wellbeing of children and young people who have been separated from their birth relatives in public-law contexts.

We were commissioned by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues to conduct an evaluative survey to provide JCCV with a better idea of the extent and nature of its impact on schools and practitioners.

This rapid evidence review examines the effects of digital contact on the wellbeing of children and young people who have been separated from their birth relatives in public and private law contexts.

Project Success aimed to use text messages to improve GCSE English and/maths re-sit pass rates.

This research aimed to explore how child sexual abuse is understood in England and Wales, understand residential schools’ safeguarding practice against child sexual abuse, and collate views on good practice to prevent, identify, report and respond to child sexual abuse in residential schools.

Testing whether increasing students’ physical activity can lead to improved cognition and academic attainment.

This survey is part of a series which provides England’s Official Statistics on trends in child mental health. It was commissioned by NHS Digital, with funding from the Department of Health and Social Care. We collaborated with Office for National Statistics (ONS) and youthinmind.

SEED (Study of Early Education & Development) is a major new longitudinal study into the uptake and impact of childcare on children.