Many local authorities have maintained their commitment to supporting Every Child a Talker (ECaT) projects, some with reduced funding, and others with no additional funding at all (see box below). Hampshire County Council has continued to support young children's language development through its Keep on Talking project.
The scheme involves new settings in areas where EYFS Profile data for Communication, Language and Literacy highlighted a need for intensive support for children's language development.
I was lucky to be invited to provide training for the Early Language Lead Practitioners (ELLPs) who had been involved in the first year of Keep on Talking. This gave me the chance to hear about the progress being made throughout the county and particularly in my favourite type of settings, where staff often have just 45 minutes every morning to set up an entire pre-school from scratch.
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