Born too soon – how being born early might affect a child's health and their progress at school

TIGAR research team and the Parent, Patient and Public Involvement Group have published the findings from the TIGAR study which looks at how being born early might affect a child’s health and their attainment at school. 

Around 7% of babies are born preterm every year in the UK.  TIGAR’s results show that children born preterm, even those born only a few weeks early, are more likely to have hospital admissions in childhood than those born at around 40 weeks.  They are also more likely to have special educational needs in primary school.

 TIGAR’s latest paper explores how prematurity may affect the children’s achievement in their school results at the end of primary school and their GCSE results.

An infographic and a summary of their findings can found on the TIGAR website  www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/tigar   The website also includes links to the full papers