The council was one of three identified as having SLC needs that could benefit from an improved approach and received DfE funding
Ongoing work stems from the fund delivered between May 2019 and April 2020 – which was reported to have had a promising impact
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In Nottingham in 2019, 67.8 per cent of children achieved their Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) for speech, language and communication (SLC), compared with a national rate of 72.6 per cent and a Department for Education target of 86 per cent by 2028.
When cash became available in 2019 from the DfE’s Early Outcomes Fund – part of its social mobility programme – the council successfully applied for support to address this.
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