The money will be used to train teachers to help children to “reason, argue and explain” and therefore close gaps in learning for primary school children who are struggling with talking and understanding words.
It's a big step forward for a politician of Sadiq Khan’s prominence to recognise the greater risk of children with speech and language challenges ending up in the criminal justice system.
Our 2022 report found that at least 1.7 million children face challenges talking and understanding words across the UK and almost three quarters of children in the youth justice system had speech and language challenges. Often no-one had recognised these children’s challenges until they ended up in court. It is such a huge waste for their futures and our society as a whole, if we leave them without support until they are in trouble. Young people with speech and language challenges are more at risk of offending but also struggle to understand the words used as part of the legal process which puts them at risk of repeat offending.
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