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SEED Sponsored Research: Children starting school in Scotland

Peter Tymms, Paul Jones, Christine Merrell and Brian Henderson
CEM Centre University of Durham and Mike Cowie,
University of Aberdeen

A report of research funded by SEED

July 2005

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Contents

Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 Representativeness of PIPS data
4 What do children know and what can they do when they start school in Scotland?
5 Do children starting school in Scotland have the same age related development profile as children in England, Western Australia and New Zealand?
6 Is there any evidence for an optimal age of starting school in Scotland?
7 Overall summary
8 Concluding comments
9 References

The Scottish Executive is making this research report, part of the SEED Sponsored Research programme, available on-line in order to provide access to its contents for those interested in the subject.

The views expressed in the report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Executive or any other organisation(s) by which the author(s) is/are employed.

The research was commissioned through Information and Analytical Services Division, which is responsible for providing analytical services within the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED). Their work is part of a multidisciplinary unit (consisting of researchers, economists and statistics staff) and the staff undertakes and funds economic analysis and social research in the fields of: school education; children, young people and social work: architecture; and tourism, culture and sport.

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