Around seven per cent of reception-age children have a speech and language difficulty and more than a third of all pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a primary need of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).
Many children first experience SLC problems before they start school with latest estimates suggesting 1.7 million pre-schoolers were behind with talking and understanding words last year. Research has found that the disruption to education caused by the Covid-19 pandemic increased the problem with the proportion of young children classed as not achieving a good level of development at the age of five rising over the past three years.
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