The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) revealed its consultation plan last week following comments made by schools minister Stephen Timms at the annual conference of the Local Government Association which appeared to suggest the Government was considering raising the school starting age.
However, he denied that changes were to be made to early years schooling. He said, 'We have seen a transformation of standards at primary levels and are not about to go back to on our commitment to the three Rs. The National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies have been hugely successful and popular and are here to stay, backed by 190m further investment over the next three years.'
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