CALL FOR MORE EMPHASIS ON LITERACY AT CHILDCARE EXPO 2011
News release 21st September 2011Patrick Leeson, Director of Development, Education and Care at Ofsted, called for more emphasis on literacy, language and communication in the early years when he opened Childcare Expo 2011 on Friday (16th September). Speaking on the first morning of the annual two-day event in Coventry he told his audience that the proportion of children working securely in communication, language and literacy stands at 59% compared to 77% for personal, social and emotional development. He said everyone working with children in the early years, from childminders and