Pre-school education influences A-level outcomes

Research by the University of Oxford has shown that children of all backgrounds who receive a preschool education, either in a formal nursery or effective homeschool education, are twice as likely to sit AS-levels. The study of 3000 children showed that singing songs, learning rhymes, visiting the library and playing with numbers before the age of 5 is linked with a more academic route through school and into employment. Furthermore, preschools whose support was rated as "highly effective" in teaching early number concepts saw their pupils four times more likely to do well throughout school.