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<p>The government recognises a key part of raising the standard of education for all
children is to ensure they receive a good level of development in literacy and numeracy
before they start school. The government has taken the following steps to ensure children
are developing good early language skills before they reach primary school:</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage sets the prime areas of learning
which early years providers must follow. This includes a focus on communication and
language. The Early Years Foundation Stage requires providers to understand the needs
of every child and support them as necessary to make progress. The Early Years Foundation
stage is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/335504/EYFS_framework_from_1_September_2014__with_clarification_note.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/335504/EYFS_framework_from_1_September_2014__with_clarification_note.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The numeracy and literacy skills of staff working with our
youngest children are key to supporting children’s progression. We have improved early
years qualifications and encouraged high-quality entrants with good numeracy and literacy
skills into the profession through setting clear criteria for level 3 training courses
and introducing early years initial teacher training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
government has invested over £50 million funding through the Early Years Pupil premium,
an additional £5.3 million to sector organisations under the VCS grants and a one
off grant of £5 million to teaching schools and their childcare provider partners
to support staff development. Many of the projects funded through departmental grants
are supporting staff to develop strong pedagogical approaches to language development
and early literacy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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