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.

Data was collected via a number of methods: 1. British Picture Vocabulary Scale 3 (BPVS3) data were collected via assessment. 2. PUMA scores were collected via assessment. 3. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Goodman, 1997), and the Child Softer Skills (CSS) were collected via a teacher questionnaire. 4. Parental Perceptions of Parent Efficacy (PES), Parent Role Construction (PRC) and the Home Learning Environment KS1 (HLE) scales data were collected via a parent questionnaire.