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<p>The department has invested £17 million on the Nuffield Early Language Intervention,
improving the language skills of reception-age children who need it most following
the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme targets children needing extra support with their
speech and language development and is proven to help them make around three months
of additional progress. An estimated 90,000 reception-age children will get extra
support with their speech and language development from this proven programme.</p><p>All
state-funded schools in North West Norfolk with a reception class were invited to
apply for the programme. To encourage participation, every primary school in North
West Norfolk and nationwide has been directly contacted at least twice by a dedicated
contact centre team. Additional written communication has been undertaken by the department
and its delivery partners to encourage all primary schools to apply.</p><p>In total,
over 11,100 schools (two thirds of all primary schools) have signed up for the programme.
Registered schools are eligible to continue to receive the funded programme during
the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>The full list of registered schools is published
here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neli-nuffield-early-language-intervention-programme"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neli-nuffield-early-language-intervention-programme</a>.</p><p>
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