Better provision of early years education is needed to prevent children falling behind by the age of three, according to education charity the Sutton Trust. It is calling for an independent cross-party commission to examine how to address the problem. Founder Sir Peter Lampl said, 'We combine inequality of opportunity with high inequality of outcome. If we are to address this sorry state of affairs, we need bold action on a range of fronts. This means investing more in universal, high-quality early years provision and improving our under-performing state schools.' Social mobility in the UK is the worst in the developed world, according to a study carried out on behalf of the Sutton Trust by the London School of Economics. It found that children born in 1958 had a better chance of escaping poverty than those born in 1970. The full report is available at www.suttontrust.com.
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