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The Nuffield Early Language Intervention in Preschool (NELI) is an oral language enrichment programme delivered to nursery children in the year before they enter formal education.
Building on the success of NELI in Reception, which was accessed by almost 11,000 schools across England post pandemic, a preschool version was developed to boost the language skills of three- to four-year-olds and better prepare them for school entry.
An evaluation of NELI Preschool is now being conducted in 155 local authorities across eight regions during the 2024/25 academic year. It involves 7,000 children from 318 nursery settings across England and is the “largest randomised controlled trial ever to take place in the early years”, explains Mariela Rios Diaz, research officer and project manager at OxEd and Assessment, the spin out company formed to support the delivery of NELI.
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