Four-and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the ‘expected’ levels of development in 2021 than before the pandemic, new research has shown.
Four- and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the expected levels of development in 2021 than before the pandemic, the final report from the Education Endowment Foundation’s (EEF) research project into the impact of Covid, has found.
Parents and schools reported that children’s personal-social and emotional development, language, literacy, and numeracy skills had been affected, according to research conducted by a team from the University of York, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and the Education Policy Institute.
