Projects

Reports and Briefings

Cook, W. (2020) School disruption and pupil academic outcomes – evidence from the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic in England. CEPR.

Cook, W., Shaw, B., Morris, S. (2020) Disadvantage in early secondary school. Nuffield Foundation.

Ellison, M., Cook, W. (2024) Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) Administrative Data Guidance: pilot study report. Youth Endowment Fund.

Hunter, K., Francis, B. & Fitzpatrick C. (2023) Care Experience, Ethnicity and Youth Justice Involvement: Key Trends and Policy Implications. ADR UK.

Whitehead, S. & Leyland, A. (2025) Safeguarding Futures: Reducing the risk of criminal justice involvement for children in contact with the social care system. Centre for Justice Innovation.

Leyland, A. (2024) Data Explained: How do different types of social care involvement affect children’s education and offending outcomes? ADR UK.

Leyland, A. (2024) Data Insight: Children involved with child welfare services and the likelihood of a custodial sentence. ADR UK.

Leyland, A. (2024) Data Insight: What came first? Is there a causal role of child welfare service interventions on likelihood of having criminal cautions or convictions?. ADR UK.

National Centre for Social Research (2025) Care experienced children and young people: Research insights from administrative data. ADR UK and ESRC.

Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (2026) Improving outcomes and support for children in care. POSTNote 760. POST.

Journal Articles

Cook, W. (2026) ‘Unconditional Cash Transfers and Maternal Labour Supply: The Case of the Two‐Child Limit in the United Kingdom.’ Scottish Journal of Political Economy.

Cook, W. (2021) ‘Does funding targeted at improving the management of schools increase school performance over the long term?.’ Economics Letters, 204pp. 109871-109871.

Leyland, A., Webb, C.J.R., & Hughes, N. (2026) ‘Criminal justice system outcomes of children with child welfare service involvement and special educational needs: analysis of routinely collected data.’ Children and Youth Services Review, 184

Leyland, A., Webb, C.J.R., Bennett, M.R., Hughes, N. (2025) ‘Neighbourhood differences in the rates of criminal cautions and convictions for children in the care system.’ Children and Youth Services Review, 172

Leyland, A., Webb, C.J.R., Hughes, N., Bennett, M. (2025) ‘Child maltreatment and social welfare service involvement is linked to higher rates of criminal cautions and convictions by early adulthood.’ Child Abuse and Neglect, 170

Other Outputs

Hunter, K. (2024) Impact Case Study: Understanding the intersections between care experience, ethnicity and youth justice involvement. ADR UK.

Hunter, K., Barnardo’s & Popla Media (2023) Challenging (In)justice [animation]. MMU.

Hunter, K. (2022) ‘Exploring ethnicity, care experience and justice systems involvement’ [blog]. 12 April 2022. ADR UK.

Hunter, K. (2022) Data Explained. ADR UK.

Leyland, A. (2022) How do different types of social care involvement affect children’s education and offending outcomes? [blog]. 24 March 2022. ADR UK.

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