The role of early years provision in a child's future will be highlighted in the Education Select Committee's autumn report, says Mary Evans
The crucial role of early years provision in helping children develop to their full potential will be underlined by the House of Commons Education Select Committee when it reports in the autumn.
The MPs, who during the course of their inquiry visited a range of early years providers in this country, as well as settings in Denmark, saw much praiseworthy work and some practices which clearly shocked them. The committee's chairman, Labour MP Barry Sheerman, described how they had seen children as young as three tracing out letters of the alphabet and he also complained about the 'patchy provision' around the country.
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