CYP Now - A strategy to deliver an ambitious mission for children

In its Missions for Government, Labour has set out ambitious goals for our children. This includes a promise to boost child development so that half a million more children attain the early learning goals by 2030.

Sally Hogg is senior policy fellow at the Cambridge University’s Centre for Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL)

This commendable and bold ambition must be underpinned by a clear strategy. Understandably, that has yet to appear – election campaigns are a time for headlines and the detail tends to come later. Labour has, however, made commitments to three areas of action which will contribute to their mission:

Addressing child poverty

Training more health visitors

Providing more nursery places in schools

Even at this early stage, with some foresight and planning, these three separate commitments could become the basis of a coherent offer for families, starting to deliver the promised step-change in early child development. While money is likely to be tight for whoever forms the next government, with intelligent use of resources, these promises could deliver more than the sum of their parts.

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