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<p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England
only.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results in
2022/23 found 67.2% of children had a good level of development, which is an increase
of around 2 percentage points compared to the previous year. Additionally, the percentage
of disadvantaged children with a good level of development had increased by 2.5 percentage
points and the gap with their peers had narrowed by at least 0.5 percentage points.</p><p>
</p><p>The department has commissioned an independent evaluation of the childcare
entitlements expansion, which will explore the effects of the expansion on children’s
development. Results will be made available on GOV.UK in due course. This is in addition
to the existing significant programme of monitoring that includes pulse surveys with
early years providers, polling with parents and annual large-scale surveys of providers
and parents. The department will also continue to use the existing body of evidence
from studies such as the Study of Early Education and Development and Effective Pre-school,
Primary and Secondary Education to inform its work.</p><p> </p>
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