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Study of early education and development (SEED)

Research about the current childcare and early education model in England.

The study of early education and development (SEED) evaluates the:

  • effect of early education on children’s outcomes
  • quality of provision
  • value for money of providing funded early years education

Data from the first 3 waves of the survey is available from the UK Data Service:

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 23 October 2015
Last updated 29 October 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Early education and development: Coronavirus (COVID-19) study', 'Early education and development: alternative quality scales' and 'Early education use and child outcomes up to age 7'.

  2. Added 'Early education and outcomes to age 5' and 'Financial returns to early education spending' research.

  3. Added link to study of early education and development (SEED) wave 3 data.

  4. Added 'Early education and outcomes to age 4' research report.

  5. Added the report 'Early years provision quality'.

  6. Added links to SEED archived waves 1 and 2 data.

  7. Added the reports 'Early education: potential value for money' and 'Early education use and child outcomes up to age 3'.

  8. Added the reports 'cost and funding of early education', 'Experiences of the early years pupil premium', Good practice in early education' and 'Early years: meeting the needs of children with SEND'.

  9. First published.