This study investigates the relative importance of early health, skills and disadvantage in predicting later educational attainment; the importance of health, skills and disadvantage changes over the lifecycle and whether early health continues to matter over and above later health and attainment.

The study researches the role that policy measures, such as school or early intervention funding, can play in reducing the impact of poor early circumstances on children's later attainment. Answering these questions is critical to social and health policymaking in the wake of the pandemic.

The study is being led by Dr Christine Farquharson and is funded by ADR UK.