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<p>28% of children finish their reception year still without the early communication,
language and literacy skills they need to thrive. The Department has set out an ambition
to halve this figure by 2028. This is why the Department has launched ‘Hungry Little
Minds’, a new three-year campaign to help parents support their child’s early language
development. This builds on our wider early-years social mobility programme, where
the Department is investing over £100 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed
to continuing this support once children reach primary school, which is why one of
the three aims of the £26.3 million English Hubs Programme is early language development.
34 primary schools have been appointed as English hubs to support nearly 3000 schools
across England to improve educational outcomes for the most disadvantaged children
in reception and Key Stage 1.</p><p> </p><p>The Department introduced a new curriculum
for primary and secondary schools from 2014. The new curriculum for English increases
the level of demand from an early age and aims to ensure that all pupils acquire a
wide vocabulary, a good understanding of grammar, and proper knowledge of linguistic
conventions for reading, writing and written language. <strong><br> <br> </strong></p>
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