In his first major speech on social mobility, Damian Hinds will set out a new ambition to halve the number of children starting school without the early speaking or reading skills they need to be ready for school.
With more than a quarter of four- and five-year-olds (28 per cent) below the ‘expected level’ for communication and literacy skills at the end of the Reception, according to the latest EYFS Profile results, Mr Hinds says it is now a ‘key priority to reduce this figure’.
To meet this goal, the education secretary is to form a new coalition of businesses, charities, tech companies and media groups to encourage more parents to read and learn new words with their children.
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