PVI and state-maintained nurseries are being invited to take part in a trial of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) programme.
The NELI pre-school programme is an oral enrichment programme which provides additional targeted support for three and four-year-olds with language needs, designed around the principles of shared book reading and guided play.
Researchers are now looking for state-maintained and PVI nurseries to take part in an effectiveness trial of the programme from Autumn 2024 to Summer 2025.
It comes after new analysis of the 20-week NELI Pre-school programme shows children who took part in the last trial made the equivalent of three months additional progress in their language development.