Tots Talk was instigated as an intervention programme in response to a group of settings in Liverpool that required support to improve the quality of provision for children and families. These had been graded as amber through the local authority RAG (red, amber, green) rating audit process undertaken by the quality improvement/EYFS team.
As a local authority, we were responding to Government initiatives at this time around the early education entitlement for two-year-olds. Developing a twos strategy to accommodate the projected demand for high-quality provision involved building capacity within the private, voluntary and independent sector.
This agenda connected with recent research findings on the correlation between language delay, health and well-being and life experiences.
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