Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 04/04/2012. Tags: Secondary School News
New research has revealed children who have a stimulating home life before starting primary school are more likely to perform well at the age of 14.
The UK's Institute of Education's Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education Project (EEPSE) has followed 3,000 youngsters since 1997 to discover how parental interaction influences achievements, the Irish Independent reports.
According to the results of the study, children who are encouraged to learn from a young age are generally at least one national curriculum level ahead in English, science and maths by the time they enter secondary school.
"The quality of the early years home learning environment was strongly associated with differences in attainment at Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14)", the EPPSE report stated.
In addition, students whose parents were educated to degree level were more likely to be ahead of their classmates.
The results of the report follow a separate study by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in England that claimed over-indulgent, middle-class parents are fuelling a rise in bad behaviour among pupils.
Written by Donal Walsh
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