Children, Schools & Families

Drawing on the many different strands of our research, this summary reveals that more children than previously believed experience poverty...

Gives an estimate of the number of young people (aged 11-15) absent from state school because of severe experiences of bullying...

A study which fed into the production of guidelines for Special Schools delivering the National Healthy Schools enhancement model...

Mapping patterns of worklessness across successive generations...

This study aims to find out about the experiences of parents with young children...

Building on the initial evaluation of the FIPs design, set-up and early outcomes, the Department for Education has commissioned us to provide further monitoring and other evidence as to how effectively family interventions are working.

This study explores how unmarried parents make choices and decisions about sole or joint birth registration...

This study sets out to draw a detailed picture of what very young children eat ...

The Offending Crime & Justice study examined offences, anti-social behaviour and drug use among young people...

This report presents findings from our study of parents’ experiences of the Special Educational Needs system...

This review is aimed at providing a comprehensive understanding of the key characteristics of ‘what works’ in terms of early interventions to prevent or reduce youth crime or anti-social behaviour.

This study reports on the characteristics and outcomes of young children living in persistent poverty in Scotland.