Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Families Connect: Outcome Data, 2019-2020

  This study was an in-school randomised controlled trial of Families Connect (FC), involving about 16 families in each of 25 schools across the UK (North of England, South of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland). This was an efficacy trial seeking to investigate the impact of FC on pupils’ language, numeracy, social and emotional development, and on parents’ level of engagement with their child’s learning at home. The evaluation sought to establish to what extent FC is achieving its intended outcomes, and to what extent this would warrant further investment. Data was collected via a range of methods: 1. Assessment data to measure impact on pupils' language and numeracy development; 2. Questionnaire data to measure impact on pupils' social and emotional development; 3. Questionnaire data to measure impact on parents' level of engagement with their child's learning at home.

This study was an in-school randomised controlled trial of Families Connect (FC), involving about 16 families in each of 25 schools across the UK (North of England, South of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland). This was an efficacy trial seeking to investigate the impact of FC on pupils’ language, numeracy, social and emotional development, and on parents’ level of engagement with their child’s learning at home. The evaluation sought to establish to what extent FC is achieving its intended outcomes, and to what extent this would warrant further investment.