Much of the debate around UK education has been centered on primary and secondary school systems recently, with Ofsted overhauls and curriculum reforms claiming much of the recent spotlight. However, this focus on tweaking the components and assessment of KS1 and KS2 education overshadows the wider issues facing the sector, namely funding, teacher burnout, a general disconnect between education and long term economic attainment.
While there are pushes to solve each problem one at a time, there is an urgent need to create a cohesive system that ensures all stakeholders are aligned in supporting children's learning from the very start. The lack of proper support and resources for early years education propagates all the way through to the university level. Why is the additional attention to help children walking into primary school already behind?
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