Home moves in early years: the impact on children in the US and the UK

Longitudinal evidence features prominently in Education Select Committee’s investigation into summer-born children

Should all children be allowed to delay their entry to school, or should that option only be available to those born in the summer?

Initial findings from the Millennium Cohort Study Age 11 Sweep

The fifth MCS survey took place during 2012 when participants were aged 11. Our initial findings from the age 11 survey cover a range of themes, from family structure to child cognitive development.

Long-term vocabulary benefits from ‘reading for pleasure’ in childhood

Reading for pleasure during childhood has a substantial influence on a person’s vocabulary 30 years later.

Trajectories and transitions in the cognitive and educational development of disabled children and young people

The aim of the research project was to enhance our understanding of disabled children’s early cognitive development and their subsequent educational transitions.

Disabled children are more likely to be born into disadvantage, new research suggests

Children with a disability are more likely to be born into disadvantaged families than their non-disabled peers, according to new findings from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS).

Reading for pleasure puts children ahead in the classroom, study finds

Children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better at school than their peers, according to new research from the Institute of Education.

Irregular bedtimes curb young children’s brain power, new research suggests

Going to bed at different times every night curbs children’s brain power and may affect health in adult life, suggests new research using Millennium Cohort Study data. Researchers at University College London (UCL) looked at whether bedtimes in early childhood were related to brain power in more than 11,000 seven-year-olds. They compared the children’s bedtimes […]

Children’s cognitive abilities relatively unaffected by having working mothers, latest analysis shows

Children’s literacy, maths ability and behaviour are not on average harmed if their mothers go out to work during the first years of their lives, a leading researcher said today. Data from earlier UK studies had indicated a small disadvantage in literacy among children born before the mid-1990s whose mothers had worked in their early […]

Light drinking in pregnancy does not harm babies, new evidence suggests

Light drinking during pregnancy does not affect a child’s behavioural or mental development, according to new research using data from the Millennium Cohort Study

Evaluating the impact of nursery attendance on children’s outcomes

This research project investigated the impact of new childcare policies on children’s cognitive and social development.

CLS presents at Parenting UK annual conference

Dr Liz Jones, Research Officer for the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), will be speaking at the Parenting UK Annual Conference about the effects of prolonged poverty on child outcomes on November 15.