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Research library

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CEYE’s work is disseminated through:

  • Peer reviewed journal articles
  • Evaluation reports (including numerous EEF commissioned studies)
  • Policy briefs
  • Blogs and practitioner-facing resources


Recent outputs cover topics including:

 

Journal articles

Compton SMB; Morton K; Savage L; Fredheim H; Armitt H; Tracey L; Blower SL (2026) Nurturing in nature: an evaluation of a nature-based group for parents and caregivers of babies and young children – a thematic analysis and logic model. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 10, pp. 100358. 

Ding X; Tracey L (2025) Contradictions and Adaptations: A CHAT Analysis of Western Educational Ideologies in Chinese Preschools. Early Childhood Education Journal, pp. 1-13. 

Fretwell N; Barker J (2025) ‘It’s a tiger instinct–that’s my baby!’: affective practices of care in parents’ educational activism. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 46, (1), pp. 19-33.

Dysart E; Code A (2024) The WellComm Toolkit: Impact on Practitioner Skills and Knowledge and Implications for Evaluation Research. Education Sciences, 14, (3), pp. 263.

Swanwick R; Fobi J; Appau O (2024) The multilingual context of the early care and support of deaf children in Ghana. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45, (9), pp. 3648-3661.

Nielsen D; d'Apice K; Cheung RW; Bryant M; Heald R; Storr C; Tracey L; Rashid R; Dickerson J; Bowyer-Crane C (2023) A randomised controlled feasibility trial of an early years language development intervention: results of the 'outcomes of Talking Together evaluation and results' (oTTer) project. Pilot Feasibility Studies, 9, (1), pp. 107. 

Swanwick R; Fobi D; Fobi J; Appau O (2022) Shaping the early care and education of young deaf children in Ghana. International Journal of Educational Development, 91, pp. 102594. 

Blower SL; Berry VL; Bursnall MC; Cohen J; Gridley N; Loban A; Mandefield L; Mason-Jones AJ; McGilloway S; McKendrick KL; Mitchell SB; Pickett KE; Richardson GA; Teare MD; Tracey LC; Walker SM; Whittaker KA; Wright J; Bywater TJ (2021) Enhancing Social-Emotional Outcomes in Early Years (E-SEE): Randomized Pilot Study of Incredible Years Infant and Toddler Programs. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30, (8), pp. 1933-1949.

Cusworth L; Tracey L; Baldwin H; Biehal N (2021) Home or Care? A Comparison of Educational Outcomes for Maltreated Children. British Journal of Social Work, 51, (8), pp. 3055-3076.

Wright B; Hargate R; Garside M; Carr G; Wakefield T; Swanwick R; Noon I; Simpson P (2021) A systematic scoping review of early interventions for parents of deaf infants. BMC Pediatr, 21, (1), pp. 467. 

McQuillan VA; Swanwick RA; Chambers ME; Schlüter DK; Sugden DA (2021) A comparison of characteristics, developmental disorders and motor progression between children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Hum Mov Sci, 78, pp. 102823. 

Recent reports

Tracey L; Code A; Dysart E; Coleman E; Torgerson C; Bowyer-Crane C (2025) Communication Friendly Home-Based Settings (CFHBS). Pilot Report. Education Endowment Foundation.

Haines-Doran T; Arzate Quintanilla K; Brouwers L; Burgess J; Code A; Creaser A; Dysart E; Simpson J (2025) The early years education and childcare system in West Yorkshire: Identifying West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s policy levers.

Subosa, M; Oades, F; Dysart, E; Tracey, L; Speciani, ER (2025) Concept Cat: A two-armed cluster randomised controlled trial. Evaluation Report. Education Endowment Foundation.

Dysart E; Code A (2023) Use of the WellComm Toolkit in Early Talk For York (ETFY) Settings: Evaluation Report. 

Swanwick R; Fobi D (2023) Opening Up the Academy: The Case of the Early Education for Young Deaf Children and Their Caregivers in Ghana project. Open Research Case Studies . University of Leeds

Tracey, L., Bowyer-Crane, C., Bonetti, S., Nielsen, D., D’Apice, K. & Compton, S. (2022) The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children’s socio-emotional wellbeing and attainment during the Reception Year. Research Report. Education Endowment Foundation.

Tracey, L; Torgerson, C; Dysart, E; Fairhurst, C; Gridley, N; Welch, C (2022) Efficacy Trial of the ParentChild+ programme. Evaluation Report. Education Endowment Foundation.

Tracey, L; Chambers, B; Bywater, TJ; Elliott, L (2016) SPOKES (Supporting Parents on Kids Education in School). Evaluation Report and Executive Summary. London: Education Endowment Foundation, pp.90, 2016.

Policy briefs

Dysart E; Tracey L (2025) Delivering the Best Start in Life strategy: Planning and data for local context. Policy Leeds, University of Leeds.

Blogs

Dysart E; Tracey L (2025) Considerations for Local Authorities on selecting evidence-based parenting interventions. Centre for Evaluation of Educational Intervention and Practice (EEIP), University of Leeds.