An early language intervention that formed part of the government’s catch-up programme boosted children’s language skills by four months, a study has found.
The evaluation of the three-year Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) scheme also found progress made by poorer pupils who took part averaged seven months.
A national roll-out of the programme, created by the founders of University of Oxford spin-off OxEd & Assessment, was funded by the Department for Education to the tune of £17 million and offered to all schools with a reception class.
More than 10,000 schools registered.
