CYP Now - Children from deprived backgrounds most likely to use learning apps, research finds

Families living in deprived areas are more likely to use learning and development apps with their child than those living in affluent areas, according to a new study.

More children from black and ethnic minority backgrounds use apps than white children. Picture: Adobe Stock

The Department for Education’s follow-up to its childcare and early years survey of parents 2018, shows that overall 61 per cent of 0- to five-year-olds used a learning and development app once a week.

Some 18 per cent of children used an app once a day, the survey of more than 5,000 parents shows.

The use of learning and development apps daily was more frequent among children living in the most deprived areas in England with 29 per cent of children living in the most deprived quintile doing so compared with just eight per cent in the least deprived quintile.

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