“The foundations of success are laid in early childhood. Ensuring every child has the best start in life - the chance to achieve and to thrive - are the foundation stones of the Government’s Opportunity Mission. To ensure that a child’s background does not determine their future success, so that all children develop well, learning to communicate, build relationships, manage their emotions, play and learn. Not just in school, but throughout their lives.”
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life is a new Government policy that brings together family services, providing high-quality support to parents, babies and children from pregnancy to age five.
This includes:
- Best Start Family Hubs in every Local Authority including strengthened health services
- making it easier and more affordable for children to access early education and care
- improving the quality of education that children receive in early years settings and reception classes
The aim of the strategy is to ensure that every child has the best start in life. It includes the target that at least 75% of children nationally will achieve a good level of development at the end of their reception year.
In Cambridgeshire we are implementing the Best Start in Life Strategy. Our Best Start in Life Delivery plan explains how we will do this. There is also a summary version of the plan.
