When two-thirds of primary schools in England signed up to the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) to improve language and communication skills among Reception-aged children, it was testament to their commitment to invest in early help for those impacted by Covid-19.
Launched in August 2020 and backed with £17 million of Government Covid catch-up funding, 11,000 schools flocked to take up the offer of what is thought to be the world’s most well-evidenced oral language programme that has been shown to improve children’s language skills by at least an additional three months – and with benefits seen up to two years later.
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