In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, 127 experts including academics and teachers said they are “deeply concerned about the impact of the government’s early years policies on the health and wellbeing of our youngest children”.
The letter marks the launch of the Too Much, Too soon campaign, co-ordinated by the Save Childhood Movement, which calls on the government to re-establish the early years as a unique stage in its own right and “not merely a preparation for school”.
The campaign calls for more emphasis to be placed on play and wants a “developmentally appropriate” foundation stage to be introduced for children between the ages of three and seven.
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