In a report out today, Professor Sir Michael Marmot says that it is ‘unacceptable’ that only half of all five-year-olds have a good level of development.
He also criticises the Government for changing the way it measures how well children are doing at the end of Reception, because it means it is not possible to compare the latest figures with previous data.
Just 52 per cent of children achieved a good level of development at the end of the EYFS in 2012/13, and this figure was just 36 per cent for those with free school meals.
Sir Michael has published updated data to his major review on health inequalities, Fair society, healthy lives, which was published in 2010, and in which he called for more investment in children's early years to tackle health inequality.
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