Department for Education: Childcare and early years provider survey: topline findings with downloadable tables for further analysis.

Department for Education: Childcare and early years survey of parents: topline findings with downloadable tables for further analysis.

Department for Education: Early years foundation stage profile results: topline findings with downloadable tables for further analysis.

Department for Education: Education and outcomes pathways studies (EOPS): links to publications from the education and outcomes pathways studies (EOPS) – a suite of longitudinal studies commissioned by the Department for Education, including Children of the 2020s, which covers the early years.

Information on accessing Children of the 2020s microdata for analysis

Department for Education: Funded early education and childcare: topline findings with downloadable tables for further analysis.

Department for Education: Pulse surveys of childcare and early years providers: research reports.

Department for Education: Study of early education and development (SEED): research reports 2014 – present.

Ofsted: Early years and childcare statistics: topline findings with downloadable tables for further analysis.

UK Government: Childcare and early years: Links to government publications spanning guidance, regulation, policy papers, research and statistics, across the Department for Education, HM Revenue and Customs, Department of Health and Social Care, Department of Work and Pensions, HM Treasury.

UK Government: Children’s health: Links to government publications spanning guidance, regulation, policy papers, research and statistics, across the Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health Security Agency, Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, Prime Minister’s Office (10 Downing Street).

Written evidence for the Education Committee’s ‘Early Years: Improving Support for Children and Families’ inquiry: evidence submissions spanning researchers, sector representatives, early years practitioners, children’s support and service providers, local authorities, government agencies.

Written evidence for the Education Committee’s ‘Support for childcare and the early years’ inquiry: evidence submissions spanning researchers, sector representatives, early years practitioners, children’s support and service providers, local authorities, government agencies.

Written evidence for the Health and Social Care Committee’s ‘The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus’ inquiry: evidence submissions spanning researchers, sector representatives, medical and health practitioners, children’s support and service providers, charities.

Centre for Longitudinal Studies – Bibliography: searchable database of publications using three UK longitudinal studies spanning infancy and early years: the 1958 National Child Development Study; the 1970 British Cohort Study;  the Millennium Cohort Study.

Centre for Longitudinal Studies – Millennium Cohort Study: links to publications and microdata for analysis from UK longitudinal birth study following the lives of babies born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-02.

Closer: Resource detailing multiple UK cohort studies exploring the lives of families, babies and young children, including information on the microdata available for analysis.

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) – early years: evidence reviews focussing on practices in the early years.  

Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS): regular policy and data analyses and explainers on early years issues including public spending. 

Nesta – a fairer start: events and publications.

Nuffield Foundation – the changing face of early childhood in Britain: publications from review series that brings together the research evidence on early childhood in the UK and presents recommendations for policy and practice, as well as priorities for research. The Nuffield Foundation also host multiple events and publications focussed on early years research.

Sutton Trust – early years: research and policy analysis with a focus on social mobility implications.

University of East London – the International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare (ICMEC): events and publications.

University of Leeds: early years employment research hub: events and publications.

Nursery World: news and opinions pieces focussed on the early years education and care sector.

Schools Week – early years: news and commentary focussed on early education (paywalled).

Children & Young People Now: news, opinion and commentary.