An evaluation of the impact of the Peep Learning Together Programme on parents and their three year old children

A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluation of the impact of the Peep Learning Together Programme on parents and their nursery school child's language and literacy skills

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN64960433

Enrollment

3000

Registered

2017-05-19

Start date

2017-03-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-04-12

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Conditions

Early years Not Applicable Early years

Interventions

Participating schools are randomised to the control or intervention group. Settings in the control group will not deliver the Peep programme but will instead continue with their usual classroom practi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Settings: 1. Not previously delivered the Peep Learning Together Programme 2. Located within the 50% most disadvantaged Super Output Areas (SOA) 3. Ideally have a good or outstanding Ofsted rating 4. Willing to be randomly assigned to condition at the level of the setting 5. Willing to engage with the intervention and implement it with parents and children 6. Able to recruit 10-12 families 7. Willing to administer pre-test measures and provide child background information to the evaluation team. Parents: All parents of children aged three to four years in participating EY settings

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Settings: Early Years settings Parents: Parents with a child outside the 3-4 year old age range.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Child language and communication skills will be measured using one of the three following tests: Renfrew Action Picture Test; British Picture Vocabulary Scale; or the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool 2 at immediate post-test (May 2018) 2. Early literacy development will be measured using Concepts about Print at baseline (October 2017) and at immediate post-test (May 2018)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Child: 1. Children's social and emotional learning will be measured using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ3) at baseline (October 2017) and at immediate post-test (May 2018) and the Brief Early Years Skills and Support Index (BESSI) at immediate post-test (May 2018) Parent: 1. Quality of the home learning environment will be measured using the Home Learning Environment (HLE) at immediate post-test (May 2018) 2. Parenting skills will be measured using the play and enjoyment, empathy and understanding, self-acceptance, learning and knowledge subscales of the Tool to Measure Parental Self Efficacy (TOPSE) at immediate post-test (May 2018)	—

Measure

Time frame

Child: 1. Children's social and emotional learning will be measured using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ3) at baseline (October 2017) and at immediate post-test (May 2018) and the Brief Early Years Skills and Support Index (BESSI) at immediate post-test (May 2018) Parent: 1. Quality of the home learning environment will be measured using the Home Learning Environment (HLE) at immediate post-test (May 2018) 2. Parenting skills will be measured using the play and enjoyment, empathy and understanding, self-acceptance, learning and knowledge subscales of the Tool to Measure Parental Self Efficacy (TOPSE) at immediate post-test (May 2018)

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Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactSarah Miller

s.j.miller@qub.ac.uk+44 28 90975944

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026