Within its pre-election report, The power of reading, the 'Read on. Get on.' campaign group calls upon the next Government to make it a priority for all private, voluntary and independent nurseries in this country to employ a qualified early years teacher.
Without an early years teacher in place, it warns that children, particularly those who are disadvantaged, are at risk of falling behind in basic language and reading skills.
A key goal of the ‘Read on. Get on.’ campaign group, whose members include Save the Children and I CAN, is to ensure that every child achieves a good level of early language development by the age of five, by 2020.
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