The inspectorate has published the final part of its Best Start in Life research, which focuses on what progress looks like for pre-school children in the four specific areas of learning - literacy, mathematics, understanding of the world and expressive arts and design.
The latest report highlights how the four specific areas of learning give ‘breadth and richness’ to the early years curriculum,and show how early learning is connected.
It concludes by stating that ‘early education is too important to be left to chance’, and highlights a number of points as ‘crucial’ elements of an effective early education, they are:
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