The progress and outcomes of funded two-year-olds are to be tracked from point of entry to the end of Reception in a new project backed by funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.

Education charity Achievement for All has received a grant of £835,000 to monitor the impact of its Achieving Early programme in at least 60 settings across the country following a successful pilot last year.

The programme - which won an Inclusive Practice award at the Nursery World Awards in 2015 - aims to support teachers in closing the gap between children from areas of high deprivation and their peers from high income families and ensure a greater proportion meet and even exceed age-related expectations of them. It helps to increase professional competence, so practitioners are better able to meet the needs of vulnerable children.

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