Nicole Weinstein looks at how the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) is being developed for nurseries and how this works in conjunction with schools NELI-N is built around the principles of ...

Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) is a school‑based programme in England that targets 4–5‑year‑olds who are at risk of language delay in Reception, the first year of primary school in the ...

Almost 11,000 schools – or two-thirds of state-funded schools in England with reception pupils – took part in a government-funded roll-out of a programme to support four- and five-year-olds who would ...

The first NELI Pre-school trial has been a success – what’s significant about the findings? We ran a large, well-powered efficacy trial with 65 nurseries, which found that children made the equivalent ...

Oral language and enrichment programme for nursery-aged children boosts language skills by an additional three months before they start school. NELI in Reception has been accessed by more than 11,000 ...