Child of the North/Centre for Young Lives report urges government to tackle crisis in preschool provision amid warnings that hundreds of thousands of children are not 'school ready'

A new report published today (Friday October 4th) by Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank, makes a series of proposals to tackle the high number of children starting school not ‘school ready’, and the crisis in early years and childcare provision - particularly in disadvantaged areas.