Social Mobility in the Early Years: Policy context

Derren Hayes
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

A socially mobile country provides equal opportunities for everyone, across big cities and small towns, and regardless of whether your parents are rich or poor. Yet, research has shown that children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds start school behind their better-off peers developmentally.

Low-awareness among parents is a barrier to funded childcare take-up. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock
Low-awareness among parents is a barrier to funded childcare take-up. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock

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