Communication underpins children’s thinking and learning. A prime aim of the revised EYFS is to ‘improve outcomes at age five, particularly in early language and literacy’. But opportunities to enhance children’s early language development have been missed in recent years, due to Covid restrictions and lockdowns. As a result, many children are entering Reception with levels of speech, language and communication that require targeted support, particularly disadvantaged children.
As the learning gap continues to widen between children eligible for free school meals and all children – 4.6 months by the end of the EYFS – early years providers are once again tasked with providing frontline services.
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