--- title: Babyzone | Research description: Explore Babyzone's research on early childhood development, emphasizing the crucial role of primary caregivers and the impact of early experiences on lifelong success. image: https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Kindredstoriesphotography_Babyzone-110%20(1)-1.jpg --- [Matched funding live: every donation is doubled from 2-16 June.](https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000C7riEYAR) [![Babyzone\_PrimaryLogo\_Colour\_OnLight\_RGB-1](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnLight_RGB-1.png?width=1175&height=410&name=Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnLight_RGB-1.png "Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnLight_RGB-1")](https://babyzone.org.uk) [![Babyzone\_PrimaryLogo\_Colour\_OnDark\_RGB-2](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2.png?width=1175&height=410&name=Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2.png "Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2")](https://babyzone.org.uk) - [About Us](https://babyzone.org.uk/about-us) - [Our Model](https://babyzone.org.uk/our-model) - [Our People](https://babyzone.org.uk/team) - [Careers](https://babyzone.org.uk/careers) - [Hubs](https://babyzone.org.uk/visit-us) - [Volunteer](https://babyzone.org.uk/volunteer) - [Our Programmes](https://babyzone.org.uk/programmes) - [Partners](https://babyzone.org.uk/partners) - [Academy](https://babyzone.org.uk/academy) - Impact & Insights - [Impact](https://babyzone.org.uk/research-impact) - [Research](https://babyzone.org.uk/babyzone-research) - News & Media - [News](https://babyzone.org.uk/blogzone) - [Media](https://babyzone.org.uk/media) - [Baby Buddy](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy) [Donate](https://babyzone.org.uk/donate) - [About Us](https://babyzone.org.uk/about-us) - [Our Model](https://babyzone.org.uk/our-model) - [Our People](https://babyzone.org.uk/team) - [Careers](https://babyzone.org.uk/careers) - [Hubs](https://babyzone.org.uk/visit-us) - [Volunteer](https://babyzone.org.uk/volunteer) - [Our Programmes](https://babyzone.org.uk/programmes) - [Partners](https://babyzone.org.uk/partners) - [Academy](https://babyzone.org.uk/academy) - Impact & Insights - [Impact](https://babyzone.org.uk/research-impact) - [Research](https://babyzone.org.uk/babyzone-research) - News & Media - [News](https://babyzone.org.uk/blogzone) - [Media](https://babyzone.org.uk/media) - [Baby Buddy](https://babyzone.org.uk/baby-buddy) [Donate](https://babyzone.org.uk/donate) # Research ## Research **Babyzone actively shares insights on early childhood development through our own research and collaborates with leading universities to deepen understanding and enhance impact.** [![Closing Gap](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Closing%20Gap.png?width=600&name=Closing%20Gap.png)](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Closing%20the%20Gap%201.pdf) ### [Closing The Gap Where It matters The Most](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Closing%20the%20Gap%201.pdf) How Babyzone reaches the families furthest from the Government's Good Level of Development goal through a place-based approach.     [![Reach and Difference](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Reach%20and%20Difference.png?width=600&name=Reach%20and%20Difference.png)](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Babyzone-Impact-Report-2026_1.html) ### [Who We Reach And The Difference We Make](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Babyzone-Impact-Report-2026_1.html) Findings from our 2026 Parent Survey, broken down by location, by how often families attend, and by the deprivation of the areas where they live. [![Community Hubs](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Community%20Hubs.png?width=600&name=Community%20Hubs.png)](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Community%20hubs%20and%20the%20health%20visiting%20workforce.pdf) ### [Community Hubs and the Health Visiting Workforce: How Babyzone Supports Families When Statutory Services Are Under Strain](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Community%20hubs%20and%20the%20health%20visiting%20workforce.pdf) Today Gabriella Conti and the team at UCL published the most comprehensive analysis of health visiting in England to date and the findings demand attention. [![PCI](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/PCI.jpg?width=600&name=PCI.jpg)](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/PCI%20Report.pdf) ### [Confidence as a Catalyst: The Parent Confidence Index (PCI) and Babyzone Early Years Research Agenda](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/PCI%20Report.pdf) Babyzone explores how parent confidence shapes early learning, and how it can be strengthened through everyday support and simple, repeatable interactions. [![A Foundational Imperative: The Crucial Role of Early Mathematics Education](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Report%20Thumbnail%20for%20website%20(2).png?width=600&name=Report%20Thumbnail%20for%20website%20(2).png)](https://babyzone.org.uk/blogzone/the-crucial-role-of-early-mathematics-education) ### [The Crucial Role of Early Mathematics Education](https://babyzone.org.uk/blogzone/the-crucial-role-of-early-mathematics-education) Babyzone highlights how early maths shapes learning and lifelong success, with our Everyday Maths Programme supporting children and parents through play.   [![Research & Impact Report Headers](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Research%20%26%20Impact%20Report%20Headers.png?width=600&name=Research%20&%20Impact%20Report%20Headers.png)](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jNvJM0) ### [Putting Evidence into Practice ](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jNvJM0) Babyzone as an Intervention Demonstrating the Findings of the Better Purpose Targeted Review. [![Research & Impact Report Headers (1)](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Research%20%26%20Impact%20Report%20Headers%20(1).png?width=600&name=Research%20&%20Impact%20Report%20Headers%20(1).png)](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0hFx9t0) ### [Raising Agents, Not Just Thinkers](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0hFx9t0) In an age where AI is rapidly transforming what it means to be "smart," this report explores a more fundamental quality that will determine our children's future success: agency.  [![Research & Impact Report Headers (2)](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Research%20%26%20Impact%20Report%20Headers%20(2).png?width=600&name=Research%20&%20Impact%20Report%20Headers%20(2).png)](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0gkh7_0) ### [Aligning with the "Shaping Us Framework"](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0gkh7_0) The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood's "Shaping Us Framework" and Babyzone in Action.  [![Cambridge and Wellcome Leap](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/2.0.png?width=600&name=2.0.png)](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jP9T10) ### [Groundbreaking survey into infant brain development ](https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jP9T10) As part of the First 1000 Days (1kD) program, Babyzone partnered with the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Leap.  [Read our 2025 Strategy & Impact Report](https://babyzone.org.uk/hubfs/Babyzone%20Impact%20Report%20HR9%202025.pdf) > Our early childhoods, the time from pregnancy to five, fundamentally shape our whole lives. (Royal Foundation, 2024) > 80% of neural connections, which influence our thinking, behaviour, resilience, and response to stress, are formed by age 2. (Johnson & Smith, 2016) > Primary caregivers play the most crucial role, but they do not exist in a vacuum and their capacity and ability are inextricably linked with their own experiences when they were growing up and with the support they receive, as adults, from the communities around them (Royal Foundation, 2021) [Get early years research delivered to your inbox every week](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1Vneg2jsPR5C3b2eBW289Jw2b57kc) [![Babyzone](https://babyzone.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2-1.png?width=250&height=59&name=Babyzone_PrimaryLogo_Colour_OnDark_RGB-2-1.png)](https://babyzone.org.uk/) Supporting families through early years with expert guidance, resources, and community connection. 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