And as in so many areas, the crisis has hit the poorest families the hardest, as well as causing substantial economic difficulties for a sector already struggling financially.
With the focus on education recovery centring around schools, the early years sector has been largely ignored in the government’s recovery plan. However, we know that giving disadvantaged children a great education as early as possible is vital for social mobility. Before the pandemic, the poorest children were already 11 months behind their better-off peers when they started at primary school, a gap which the pandemic is likely to have widened, but which could be reversed with high-quality early years support.
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