Publications since 2004

In press

• Anning, A., Ball, M., Belsky, J. and Melhuish, E. (in press). Exploring Links Between the Processes and Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes: Multi-Agency Team Work as an Exemplar. Children and Society.
• NESS Research Team (in press). Evaluating a National Intervention Programmed for Disadvantaged Young Children: The Sure Start Local Programmes in England. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1 [Reprinted in M. Junger, R. Tremblay, W. Koops, B. Prinsen and H. Jonkman (Eds.), Early interventions to prevent conduct disorders: Opportunities and problems. London: Psychology Press.]
• Belsky, J. Melhuish, E., and Barnes. (in press). Sure Start Local Programmes: Area-Based, Early-Preventative Intervention in England. In R. Alexander, N. Guterman and S. Alexander (Eds.), Prevention of Child Maltreatment. St. Louis, Missouri: GW Medical Publishing.
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Melhuish, E. and Taggart, B. (in press), 'Mixed methods in early childhood research'. British Educational Research Journal.

2013

• Basatemur, E., Gardiner, J., Sutcliffe, A., Barnes, J., & Melhuish E. (2013).  Relationship Between Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Child Cognition: a Longitudinal Cohort Study .  Pediatrics, 131(1), pp. 56-63.  ISSN 0031-4005
• Busch, V., Van Stel, H.F., De Leeuw, J.R.J, Melhuish, E., Schrijvers, A.J.P. (2013). Multidisciplinary integrated Parent and Child Centres in Amsterdam: A qualitative study . International Journal of Integrated Care 2013; Apr–Jun, URN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-114418
• Melhuish E. (2013). Acteurs, usagers et évaluation des dispositifs de prevention précoce: L’example des programmes EPPE et Sure Start au Royaume-Uni. In C. Fourel et G Malochet (Eds.) Les politiques de cohesion sociale: Acteurs et instruments. Rapport No. 55, Paris: Centre d’analyse stratégique. Pp130-136. http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/system/files/24_cohesion_sociale_13022013_1.pdf
• Currie, C., Dyson, A., Eisenstadt, N., Jensen, B.B., Melhuish, E. (2013). A good start for every child: Final report of the Early Years, Family and Education Task Group for the WHO European review of social determinants of health and the health divide. Copenhagen: WHO Europe
• Melhuish, E. C. (2013). Research on Early Childhood Education in the UK. In M. Stamm & D. Edelmann (Hrsg.), Handbuch Frühkindliche Bildungsforschung (pp.213-223). Wiesbaden: VS/Springer.

2012

• Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2012). Preschool affects longer term literacy and numeracy: results from a general population longitudinal study in Northern Ireland. School Effectiveness and School Improvement: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice, DOI:10.1080/09243453.2012.749796
• Hall, J., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2012). Can preschool protect young children’s cognitive and social development? Variation by center quality and duration of attendance. School Effectiveness and School Improvement: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice, DOI:10.1080/09243453.2012.749793
• Sammons, P., Hall, J., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2012). Protecting the development of 5–11-year-olds from the impacts of early disadvantage: the role of primary school academic effectiveness. School Effectiveness and School Improvement: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice, DOI:10.1080/09243453.2012.749797
• Sutcliffe, A., Barnes, J., Belsky, J., Gardiner, J. and Melhuish, E. (2012) Health of children born to older mothers in the UK. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Abstracts of the Annual Conference . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97 (Supplement 1), A98-A99. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-301885.233
• Melhuish E, Barnes J. Preschool programs for the general population. Melhuish E, topic ed. In: Tremblay RE, Boivin M, Peters RdeV, eds. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online]. Montreal, Quebec: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and Strategic Knowledge Cluster on Early Child Development; 2012:1-7. Available at: http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/Pages/PDF/Melhuish-BarnesANGxp1.pdf
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart. B. (2012) Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14) - Final Report from the Key Stage 3 Phase: Influences on Students' Development form age 11-14. Research Report DFE-RR202. London: Department for Education. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RR202.pdf
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart. B. (2012) Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14) - Final Report from the Key Stage 3 Phase: Influences on Students' Development form age 11-14. Research Brief DFE-RB202. ISBN 978-1-78105-077-4. London: Department for Education. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RB202.pdf
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Toth, K., Draghici, D. and Smees, R. (2012). Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education Project (EPPSE 3-14): Influences on students’ attainment and progress in Key Stage 3: Academic outcomes in English, maths and science in Year 9. Research Brief DFE RB 184a. ISBN 978-1-78105-051-4. London: Department for Education. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RB184a.pdf
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Draghici , D. and Smees, R. (2012). Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education Project (EPPSE 3-14): Influences on students' development in Key Stage 3: Social-behavioural outcomes in Year 9. Research Brief DfE RB 184b. ISBN 978-1-78105-052-1. London: Department for Education. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RB184b.pdf
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees, R., Draghici, D. and Toth, K. (2012). Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14): Influences on students’ dispositions in Key Stage 3: Exploring Enjoyment of school, Popularity, Anxiety, Citizenship Values and Academic self-concept in Year 9. Research Brief DFE-RB 184c. ISBN 978-1-78105-053-8. London: Institute of Education, University of London / Department for Education. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RB184c.pdf
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Shepherd, D-L., Sammons, P., Taggart., Melhuish, E. and Sylva, K. (2012) Effective Teachers in primary Schools: key research on pedagogy and children's learning. Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books
• Louca-Papaleontiou, E., Melhuish, E., & Philaretou, A. (2012). Introspective Abilities in preschool children, Asian Transactions on Basic & Applied Sciences , 2, 14-30.
• Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2012). O poder da pré-escola: evidências de um estudo longitudinal na Inglaterra. Cadernos de Pesquisa, 41, 68-99.
• Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart, B. (2012). Home, Pre-school and Primary school influences upon children’s educational attainment at age 11. Revista de Política Educativa, 3, 63-92.
• Sutcliffe, A., Barnes, J., Belsky, J., Gardiner, J., & Melhuish E. (2012). The health and development of children born to older mothers in the UK: An observational study using longitudinal cohort data . BMJ 2012;345:e5116
• NESS Research Team (2012). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on seven year olds and their families. Research Report DFE-RR220, ISBN 978-1-78105-116-0. London: DfE.
  https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RR220.pdf
• NESS Research Team (2012).  The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on seven year olds and their families. Research Brief DFE-RB220, ISBN 978-1-78105-130-6. London: DfE.
  https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RB220.pdf

2011

• Melhuish, E.C. (2011). Early Years Research and implications for policymaking: the UK experience. In “Nordic Early Childhood Education and Care – Effects and Challenges”.Oslo: Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. pp 10-15.  Pdf
• Sutcliffe, A.G. , Barnes, J. , Belsky, J. , Gardiner, J. and Melhuish, E. (2011) Health of children born to mothers aged 40 years or over, analyses of two national cohort studies. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Abstracts of the Annual Conference, Warwick University. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96 (Supplement 1), A59. doi:10.1136/adc.2011.212563.135
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Toth, K., Draghici, D. and Smees, R. (2011a). Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education Project (EPPSE 3-14): Influences on students’ attainment and progress in Key Stage 3: Academic outcomes in English, maths and science in Year 9. London: Institute of Education, University of London / Department for Education. http://eppe.ioe.ac.uk/eppse3-14/eppse3-14pdfs/Final%20EPPSE%20cogs%2026March2012.pdf
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Draghici , D. and Smees, R. (2011b). Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education Project (EPPSE 3-14): Influences on students' development in Key Stage 3: Social-behavioural outcomes in Year 9. London: Institute of Education, University of London / Department for Education. http://eppe.ioe.ac.uk/eppse3-14/eppse3-14pdfs/Final%20EPPSE%203%2014%20socs%20%2027march2012.pdf
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees, R., Draghici, D. and Toth, K. (2011c). Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14): Influences on students’ dispositions in Key Stage 3: Exploring Enjoyment of school, Popularity, Anxiety, Citizenship Values and Academic self-concept in Year 9. London: Institute of Education, University of London / Department for Education. http://eppe.ioe.ac.uk/eppse3-14/eppse3-14pdfs/Final%20EPPSE%203-14%20Dispositions%2025%20Jan%202012.pdf
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees, R., Draghici, D. and Toth, K. (2011d). Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14): Students’ Reports of Their Experiences of School in Year 9. London: Institute of Education, University of London / Department for Education. http://eppe.ioe.ac.uk/eppse3-14/eppse3-14pdfs/Final%20EPPSE%203-14%20Reports%20of%20school%20exp%2025Jan2012.pdf
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Mayo, A., Melhuish, E., Taggart, B., Sammons, P. and Sylva. K. (2011) Performing against the odds: developmental trajectories of children in the EPPSE 3-16 study. Research Report DFE-RR128. ISBN: 978-1-84775-935-1. London: Department for Education. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RR128.pdf
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Mayo, A., Melhuish, E., Taggart, B., Sammons, P. and Sylva. K. (2011). Performing against the odds: developmental trajectories of children in the EPPSE 3-16 study – Brief. DFE-RB 128. ISBN 978-1-84775-934-4. London: Department for Education. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFE-RB128.pdf
• Meadows, P. and NESS Research Team (2011). National evaluation of Sure Start local programmes: An economic perspective .
• Anders, Y., Sammons, P., Taggart, B.; Sylva, K., Melhuish, E. & Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2011). The influence of child, family home factors and pre-school education on the identification of special educational needs at age 10 . British Educational Research Journal, 37, 421-441.
• Melhuish E. C. (2011). Preschool matters. Science, 333, 299-300.

  Summary: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/333/6040/299?ijkey=W7B/HQ5sE5aiI&keytype=ref&siteid=sci

  Reprint: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/rapidpdf/333/6040/299?ijkey=W7B/HQ5sE5aiI&keytype=ref&siteid=sci

  Full Text: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/333/6040/299?ijkey=W7B/HQ5sE5aiI&keytype=ref&siteid=sci

• Daglar, M., Melhuish, E., & Barnes, J. (2011). Parenting and preschool child behaviour amongst Turkish immigrant, migrant and non-migrant families. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 8, 261-279
• Barnes, J., Belsky, J., Frost, M., and Melhuish, E. (2011). Neighbourhood characteristics and mental health: Mothers of infants in deprived neighbourhoods. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46(12), pp. 1243-1249. ISSN 0933-7954

2010

• Melhuish, E. C. (2010) A linked study: effective pre-school provision in Northern Ireland. In: Sylva, K. and Melhuish, E. C. and Sammons, P. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart, B. (eds.) Early Childhood Matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 192-205. ISBN 9780415482431.
• Melhuish, E. (2010). Impact of the Home Learning Environment on Child Cognitive Development: Secondary Analysis of Data from 'Growing Up in Scotland'.  Edinburgh: the Scottish Government.
• Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2010). Pre-school Experience and Key Stage 2 performance in English and Mathematics.  Belfast: Dept for Education, Northern Ireland.
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart, B., (Eds) (2010). Early Childhood Matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project. London: Routledge.
• Melhuish, E., Belsky, J., Leyland, A., and Barnes, J. (2010). Welche Auswirkungen hatte die Einfunhrung lokaler Sure Start Programme auf dreijahrige Kinder und ihre Familien in England? Eine quasi-experimentelle Beobachtungstudie. In K. Sylva, and B. Taggart (Eds). Fruhe Bildung zahlt: Das Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Projekt (EPPE) und das Sure Start Programm. DohrmanVelag. Berlin. ISBN 978-3-938620-18-2
• Melhuish, E. (2010). Why children, parents and home learning are important. In K. Sylva, E. Melhuish, P. Sammons, I. Siraj-Blatchford, B. Taggart, (Eds) (2010). Early Childhood Matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project. London: Routledge.
• Friedman, S.L., Melhuish, E. and Hill, C. (2010). Childcare Research at the Dawn of a New Millennium: An update. In G. Bremner and T. Wachs (Eds.) Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, second edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Melhuish,E, Belsky, J., and Barnes, J. (2010). Child health and well-being in the early years: the National Evaluation of Sure Start. In A. Killoran and M. Kelly (Eds.) Evidenced-based Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Melhuish, E. (2010). Fruhpadagogische Forschung und ihre Wirkung auf die Politik in Grossbritannien. In F. Becker-Stoll, J Berkic and B. Kalicki (Eds.) Bildungsqualitat fur Kinder in den ersten drei jahren. Berlin: Cornelsen.
• Melhuish, E. (2010). England: Sure Start. In J. Oates (Ed.) Early Childhood in Focus: Supporting Parenting. Milton Keynes: Open University.
• Melhuish, E. and Belsky J. (2010). Evaluating Sure Start in England. In J. Oates (Ed.) Early Childhood in Focus: Supporting Parenting. Milton Keynes: Open University.
• Sylva, K. Chan, L. Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2010). Emergent Literacy Environments: Home and Preschool Influences on Children’s Literacy Development. In S.B. Neumann and D.K. Dickinson (Eds.) Handbook of Early Literacy Research, Volume 3. New York: Guilford Press.
• Melhuish E., Belsky J., and Barnes J. (2010). Sure start and its evaluation in England. In R. Tremblay, R. Barr, R. Peters, and M. Boivin (Eds). Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online]. Montreal, Quebec: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development; 2010:1-6. Available at:
• Melhuish, E, Belsky, J., and Barnes, J. (2010). Evaluation and value of Sure Start. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 95, 159-161.
• Hall, J. E., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Taggart, B., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Smees, R. (2010). Measuring the combined risk to young children’s cognitive development: An alternative to cumulative indices. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28, 219-238.
• NESS (2010). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on five year olds and their families: Research report DFE-RR067.  London: DfE. ISBN 978-1-84775-826-2.
• NESS (2010). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on five year olds and their families: Research brief DFE-RB067 . London: DfE.
• Melhuish, E., Belsky, J., MacPherson, K., and Cullis, A. (2010). The quality of group childcare settings used by 3-4 year old children in Sure Start local programme areas and the relationship with child outcomes : Research report DFE-RR068. London:DfE. ISBN 978-1-84775-828-6.
• Melhuish, E., Belsky, J., MacPherson, K., and Cullis, A. (2010). The quality of group childcare settings used by 3-4 year old children in Sure Start local programme areas and the relationship with child outcomes: Research brief DFE-RB068 . London: DfE.

2009

• Belsky, J. and Melhuish, E. (2009). Early Intervention for Young Children and their Families in England: The Sure Start Journey Over the Last Decade. In U. Von der Leyen and V. Spidla (eds) Voneinander lernen - miteinander handeln: Aufgaben und Perspektiven der Europdischen Allianz f|r Familien (Shared experience, concerted action: Ideas and perspectives in the European Alliance for Families). Baden-Baden Germany, Nomos-Verlag.
• Hall, J., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart, B. (2009), ‘The role of pre-school quality in promoting resilience in the cognitive development of young children’ . Oxford Review of Education, 35, 331–352.
• Belsky, J., A. Leyland, J. Barnes and Edward Melhuish Sure Start in England, The Lancet, 373, Issue 9661, February 2009. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60132-X.

2008

• Sammons, P., Anders, Y., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. and Barreau, S. (2008), ‘Children’s cognitive attainment and progress in English primary schools during Key Stage 2: Investigating the potential continuing influences of pre-school education’. In H-G. Roßbach& H-P. Blossfeld (Eds.) Frühpädagogische förderung in institutionen: Zeitschrift für erziehungswissenschaft Sonderheft 11 (pp. 179-198). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Melhuish, E. and Taggart, B. (2008), 'Is public investment in the early years worthwhile?' Early Education, 54, 3-4.
• Taggart, B., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., and Sammons, P. (2008). Influencing Policy and Practice through Research on Early Childhood Education. International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 14, 7-21.
• Melhuish, E., Belsky, J., and Malin, A. (2008). An Investigation of the Relationship between Financial Capability and Psychological Well-being in Mothers of Young Children in Poor Areas in England . FSA Occasional Paper Series #30. London, Financial Services Authority.
• Belsky, J., Melhuish, E., and Barnes, J. (2008). Research and policy in developing an Early Years’ Initiative: The case of Sure Start. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2, 1-13.
• Melhuish, E. Belsky, J., Leyland, A.H., Barnes, J. and NESS Research Team (2008). Effects of fully-established Sure Start Local Programmes on 3-year-old children and their families living in England: a quasi-experimental observational study . Lancet, 372, 1641-1647.
• Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Phan, M. and Malin, A. (2008). Preschool influences on mathematics achievement . Science, 321, 1161-1162.
• Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Phan, M.(2008). Effects of the Home Learning Environment and preschool center experience upon literacy and numeracy development in early primary school . Journal of Social Issues, 64, 157-188.
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Sammons, P., and Melhuish, E. (2008), Towards the transformation of Early Childhood Practice: The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) project . Cambridge Journal of Education, 38, 23-36.
• Evangelou, M., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2008), Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14): What Makes a Successful Transition from Primary to Secondary School? Research Report No. DCSF-RR019. Nottingham: DCSF.
• Evangelou, M., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2008), Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 Project (EPPSE 3-14): What Makes a Successful Transition from Primary to Secondary School?  Research Brief No. DCSF-RB019. Nottingham: DCSF.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. and Hunt, S. and Jelicic, H, (2008), Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) ‘Influences on children’s cognitive and social development in Year 6’.  Department of Children, Schools and Families DCSF Research Brief RB048-049 Nottingham: DCSF.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Jelicic, H., Smees, R., Barreau, S. and Grabbe, Y. (2008), Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Pupils’ self-perceptions and views of primary school in Year 5. DCSF Research Brief RBX 15-08. Nottingham: DCSF.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Barreau, S., and Grabbe, Y. (2008). The Influence of School and Teaching Quality on Children’s Progress in Primary School.  Nottingham: DCSF.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Barreau, S. and Grabbe, Y. (2008), The Influence of School and Teaching Quality on Children’s Progress in Primary School Department of Children, Schools and Families DCSF Research Brief RB028. Nottingham: DCSF.
• Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Hunt, S., Barreau, S., and Welcomme, W. (2008). Tracking and mobility over the pre-school and primary school period: Evidence from EPPE 3-11. London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Jelicic, H., Barreau, S., Grabbe, Y., and Smees, R. (2008). Relationships between pupils’ self-perceptions, views of primary school and their development in Year 5.  London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees B., and Melhuish, E. (2008). Influences on pupils' self-perceptions in primary school: Enjoyment of school, Anxiety and Isolation, and Self-image in Year 5.  London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees R., and Melhuish, E. (2008). Exploring pupils’ views of primary school in Year 5.  London: Institute of Education.
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford I., and Taggart, B. (2008). Final Report from the Primary Phase: Pre-school, School and Family Influences on children’s development during Key Stage 2 (7-11).  Nottingham: DCSF.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Jelicic, H. (2008). Influences on Children’s Development and Progress in Key Stage 2: Social/behavioural outcomes in Year 6.  London: DCSF.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Hunt, S. (2008). Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in Year 6.  London: DCSF
• NESS Research team (2008). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on three year olds and their families.  London: DCSF.
• NESS Research team (2008). The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on three year olds and their families- Summary. London: DCSF.

2007

• Melhuish E.C. (2007) Developments in Early Childhood Care & Education in the UK. SRCD Developments, 50, 1-9.
• Belsky, J., Barnes, J. and Melhuish, E. (Eds.) (2007). The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does Area-based early intervention work. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press.
• Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) Team (2007). Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review.  London: Cabinet Office.
• Melhuish, E., Belsky, J., Ball, M. and Anning, A. (2007). Programme Variation and Impact on Children and Families. In J. Belsky. J. Barnes, and E. Melhuish, E. (Eds.). The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does Area-based Early Intervention Work? (pp. 155-172). Bristol, UK: The Policy Press.
• Melhuish, E. and Hall, D. (2007). The policy background to Sure Start. In J. Belsky, J. Barnes and E. Melhuish (Eds.) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work? (pp 3-22). Bristol: Policy Press.
• Belsky, J. and Melhuish, E. (2007). Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on children and families. In J. Belsky, J. Barnes and E. Melhuish (Eds.) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work? (pp 133-154). Bristol: Policy Press.
• Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Phan, M. (2007). In EPPE (3-11) Team (Eds.) Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review.  London: Cabinet Office.
• Sammons, P , Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K.,., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Phan, M. (2007). In EPPE (3-11) Team (Eds.) Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review. London: Cabinet Office.
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P , Melhuish, E.C., Sylva, K.,., Taggart, B., and Phan, M. (2007). In EPPE (3-11) Team (Eds.) Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review.  London: Cabinet Office.
• Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2007). Changing models of research to inform educational policy. Research Papers in Education, 22, 155-168.
• Melhuish, E.C., Belsky, J., Anning, A., Ball, M., Barnes, J., Romaniuk, H., Leyland, A., and NESS Research Team (2007). Variation in Sure Start Local Programme implementation and its consequences for children and families. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 543-551.
• Anning, A., Ball, M., Belsky, J., and Melhuish, E. (2007). Predicting impact in an early years intervention: the design of a tool using qualitative and quantitative methods. Journal of Children's Services, 2, 27-42.
• Sammons, P., Sylva , K., Melhuish , E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Grabbe, Y., and Barreau, S. (2007). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Summary Report: Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive Outcomes in Year 5. DfES Report No. RR828. Nottingham: DfES Publications.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Grabbe, Y. (2007). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive Outcomes in Year 5.  Full Report. London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Barreau, S. (2007). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Influences on Children’s Attainment and Progress in Key Stage 2: Social/behavioural outcomes in Year 5. Full report.  London: Institute of Education.
• Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) Team (2007). Promoting Equality in the Early Years: Report to The Equalities Review.  London: Cabinet Office.

2006

• Melhuish, E.C. and Petrogiannis, K. (Eds.). Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.
• Melhuish, E.C. (2006). Policy and Research on preschool care and education in the UK. In E. Melhuish and K. Petrogiannis (Eds.), Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.
• Melhuish, E.C. and Petrogiannis, K. (2006). Introducing international perspectives on early childhood care and education. In E. Melhuish and K. Petrogiannis (Eds.), Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.
• Melhuish, E.C. and Petrogiannis, K. (2006). An international overview of early childhood care and education. In E. Melhuish and K. Petrogiannis (Eds.), Early Childhood Care and Education: International perspectives on policy and research. London: Routledge.
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2006). The Effective Provision of Preschool Education (EPPE) Project. In J. J. van Kuyk, (Ed.), The Quality of Early Childhood Education. Arnhem, The Netherlands: Cito.
• Melhuish, E.C. (2006). Early years Childcare Research in the UK. In M. Takeuchi, R. Scott, D. Benesh, and N. Carlson (Eds.), New Directions for Early Childhood Education and Care in the 21st Century: International perspectives. Cedar Falls, IA; Martin Quam Press.
• NESS Research Team (2006). Evaluating a national intervention programme for disadvantaged young children: the evaluation of Sure Start Local Programmes in England. In M. Junger, R. Tremblay, W. Koops, B. Prinsen and H. Jonkman (Eds.), Early interventions to prevent conduct disorders: Opportunities and problems. Amsterdam: Psychology Press.
• NESS Research Team (2006). Evaluating Sure Start. Poverty, 123, 3-4.
• Taggart, B., Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Elliot, K. and Lunt I. (2006). Early Identification of Special Needs and the Definition of ‘At Risk’. The Early Years Transition and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project. British Journal of Special Education, 33, 40-46.
• Barnes, J., Belsky, J., Broomfield, K., Melhuish, E. and the NESS Research Team (2006). Neighbourhood deprivation, school disorder and academic achievement in primary schools in deprived communities in England. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30, 127-136.
• Belsky, J., Melhuish, E., Barnes, J., Leyland, A., Romaniuk, H. and the NESS Research Team (2006). Effects of Sure Start Local Programmes on Children and Families: Early Findings From a Quasi-experimental, Cross-sectional Study. British Medical Journal, 332, 1476-1478.
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Sylva, K. and Melhuish, E. (2006). Educational Research and Evidence-Based Policy: The Mixed-method Approach of the EPPE Project. Evaluation of Research in Education, 19, 63-82.
• Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E.C., and Sammons, P. (2006). Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21, 76-92.
• Taggart, B., Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Elliot, K. and Lunt, I. (2006). Early identification of special needs and the definition of 'at risk'. British Journal of Special Education, 33, 40-45.
• Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. and Taggart, B. (2006). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Summary Report. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• Melhuish, E., Romaniuk, H., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart B. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) project. The Effectiveness of Primary Schools in England in Key Stage 2 for 2002, 2003 and 2004.  DfES Research Brief X06-06. Nottingham: DfES.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., and Grabbe, Y. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11). Influences upon children’s attainment and progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in Year 5.  Nottingham: DfES.
• Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Barreau, S. and Manni, L. (2006a). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Variations in Teacher and Pupil Behaviours in Year 5 Classes.  DfES Research Brief 817. Nottingham: DfES.
• Melhuish, E., Romaniuk, H., Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I. and Taggart B. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 (EPPE 3-11) project. The Effectiveness of Primary Schools in England in Key Stage 2 for 2002, 2003 and 2004.  Full Report. London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Barreau, S. and Manni, L. (2006). Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11) Variations in Teacher and Pupil Behaviours in Year 5 Classes. Full report. London: Institute of Education.
• Meadows, P. and NESS Research Team (2006). Cost effectiveness in implementing SSLPs: An interim report.

2005

• Tunstill, J., Allnock, D., Akhurst, S., Garbers, C., & NESS Research Team (2005). Sure Start Local Programmes: Implications of Case Study data from the National evaluation of Sure Start. Children and Society, 19, 158-171.
• Melhuish, E.C. (2005). Daycare. In B. Hopkins et al. (Eds.), Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Child Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E. and Sammons, P. (2005). The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Project: Findings from the pre-school period. In E. Hammes-Di Bernardo and S. Hebenstreit-Mulkler (Eds.) Innovationsprojekt Fruhpadagogik. Professionalitat im Verbund von Praxis, Forschung, Aus-und Weiterbildung (Vol. 10., pp. 72 - 86). Baltmannsweiler, Germany: Schneider Verlag Hohengebren GmbH. Baltmannsweiler.
• Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Taggart, B. and Elliot, K. (2005). Investigating the Effects of Pre-school Provision: Using mixed methods in the EPPE research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8, 207-224.
• Barnes, J., Belsky, J., Broomfield, K., Dave, S., Frost, M., Melhuish, E. and the NESS Research Team (2005). Disadvantaged but different: Variation among deprived communities in relation to child and family well-being. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 952-962.
• Quinn, L., Melhuish, E., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P., Taggart, B. and Doyle A. (2005). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 12: Pre-school Experience and Literacy and Numeracy Development At the End of Key Stage 1. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• Hanna, K., Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. and Taggart, B. (2005). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 13: Identifying and Monitoring Changes in Special Educational Needs in the Early Years. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• NESS Research Team (2005). Early Impacts of Sure Start Local Programmes on Children and Families.  Surestart Report 13. London: DfES.
• NESS Research Team (2005). Variation in Sure Start Local Programmes Effectiveness: Early Preliminary Findings.  Surestart Report 14 . London: DfES.

2004

• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2004). Effective Pre-school Provision. London: Institute of Education.
• Melhuish, E. C. (2004). Child Benefits: The importance of investing in quality childcare. London: Daycare Trust.
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Taggart, B., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P. and Elliot, K. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Project: Findings from the pre-school period. In M. Gaspar (Ed.), Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia. Infancia. Familia, communidade e educacao (Vol. Ano 38 - 1, 2 e 3, pp. 203 - 219). Coimbra, Portugal: Universidade De Coimbra.
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B. and Elliot, K. (2004). Zu den Auswirkungen vorschulischer Einrichtungen in England. In G. Faust, M. Goetz, H. Hacker and H. G. Rossbach (Eds.), Anschlussfaehige Bildungsprozesse im Elementar- und Primarbereich (pp. 154-167). Bad Heilbrunn/Obb: Klinkhardt.
• Sammons, P., Elliot, K., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E.C., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2004). The impact of pre-school on young children’s cognitive attainments at entry to reception . British Educational Research Journal, 30, 691-712.
• Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E. C., and Sammons, P. (2004). Effective pre-school and primary education. Primary Practice, 37, 28-31.
• NESS Research Team (2004). The National Evaluation of Sure Start Local Programmes in England. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 9, 2-8.
• Quinn, L., Melhuish, E., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 7: Pre-school Experience and Social/Behavioural Development at the End of Year 1 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sylva, K., Sammons, P. and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 8: EPPNI Case Studies. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 9: Pre-school Experience and Social/Behavioural Development at the End of Year 2 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• Melhuish, E., Quinn, L., Hanna, K., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project, Technical Paper 10: Pre-school Experience and Literacy and Numeracy Development at the End of Year 2 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• Melhuish, E. C. (2004). A literature review of the impact of early years provision upon young children, with emphasis given to children from disadvantaged backgrounds:  Report to the Comptroller and Auditor General. London: National Audit Office.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B, Elliott, K., and Marsh, A. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 9: Report on age 6 assessments. London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B, Elliott, K., and Marsh, A. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 11: The continuing effect of pre-school education at age 7 years. London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Smees, R., Taggart, B, Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Elliott, K. (2004). The Early Years Transitions and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project. Technical Paper 2: Special Needs over the Early Primary Years. London: Institute of Education.
• Taggart, B, Sammons, P., Smees, R., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Elliott, K. (2004). The Early Years Transitions and Special Educational Needs (EYTSEN) Project. Technical Paper 3: The Parents’ Perspective. London: Institute of Education.
• NESS Research Team (2004). The Impact of Sure Start local programmes on Child Development and Family Functioning: Report of preliminary findings. London: DfES
• NESS Research Team (2004). Characteristics of Sure Start local programmes 2001/2. London: DfES.
• Melhuish, E., Hanna, K., Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P. and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland Project. Technical Paper 11: Pre-school Experience and Social/Behavioural Development At the End of Year 3 of Primary School. Belfast, N.I.: Stranmillis University Press.
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Findings from Pre-school to the end of Key Stage 1.  London: DfES.
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Findings from the Early Primary Years. London: DfES.
• Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., and Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Final Report. A Longitudinal Study funded by the DfES 1997-2004. London: DfES.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B, Elliott, K., and Marsh, A. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 9: Report on age 6 assessments. London: Institute of Education.
• Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B, Elliott, K., and Marsh, A. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project: Technical Paper 11: The continuing effect of pre-school education at age 7 years. London: Institute of Education.
• NESS Research Team (2004). Towards understanding Sure Start local programmes: Summary of findings from the national evaluation.  London: DfES.
• NESS (2004) National Evaluation of Sure start Summary . London, DfES.