Insights from early years settings

This paper offers practical lessons for government on how to better serve boys from low-income families, both in policy making and delivery. It is based on visits to four early years settings with a strong focus on serving low-income communities. The evidence base in this paper informs the recommendations for central government, local authorities and front-line services in our parallel paper: Early years policy making: How can government ensure that boys from low-income families are not left behind during delivery? 

This is particularly relevant to the government’s school readiness target, but could be applied more widely too – helping to ensure that boys from low-income families are not ‘left behind’ in the implementation of government early years policy, now or in the future.

This report was kindly supported by Impact on Urban Health.