The study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and carried out by researchers at the University of Nottingham and the University of Bristol, quizzed more than 11,000 children and their parents.
The parents completed questionnaires just before their children’s fourth birthdays in order to assess whether their children showed signs of hyperactivity, inattention or conduct problems.
Twelve years on, the children’s GCSE results were examined. After making adjustments for variables like “IQ, maternal and paternal education and parental social class”, the researchers found that boys who showed high levels of hyperactivity or inattention at 47 months were
33 per cent more likely not to achieve five GCSE A* to C grades.
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