Creches ‘do not impede progress of kids’ according to study

Sending your child to a creche has no negative impact on their development, according to a major study to be published today.

The survey of 9,000 children found no overall difference in vocabulary and reasoning abilities at age five between those cared for at home and those cared for outside the home, either by grandparents, childminders, or in a creche from the age of three.

It found that starting childcare as early as nine months had no effect on children’s cognitive (language and reasoning) outcomes at age five.