The FINANCIAL Early childhood education in England has undergone a ‘levelling up’ in the last two decades, according to research from Professor Edward Melhuish, and Dr Julian Gardiner of University of Oxford’s Department of Education. A study report on nearly 5,000 children, Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): Impact Study on Early Education Use and Child Outcomes up to age seven years, published by the Department of Education, notes, ‘There has been a levelling up in the ECEC [Early Childhood Education and Care] experiences of children across the socio-economic spectrum.’ According to the researchers, there is near universalThe FINANCIAL Early childhood education in England has undergone a ‘levelling up’ in the last two decades, according to research from Professor Edward Melhuish, and Dr Julian Gardiner of University of Oxford’s Department of Education. A study report on nearly 5,000 children, Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): Impact St