Technical Paper 12
The Final Report:
Effective Pre-School Education
Authors :
Kathy Sylva
Edward Melhuish
Pam Sammons
Iram Siraj-Blatchford
Brenda Taggart
Acknowledgement
The EPPE project is a major five year study funded by the DfES. The research would not be possible
without the support and co-operation of the six Local Authorities (LAs) and the many pre-school
centres, primary schools, children and parents participating in the research. The team would also like
to thank the many research staff, both at the IoE, the DfES and elsewhere who have contributed to
this work.