Nursery World - Coaching pilot boosts outcomes for children and adults

An early years coaching programme is rolling out nationally after a huge leap in outcomes was recorded among a pilot group of children.

Experts were deployed to settings in deprived areas for two years in order to boost skills and confidence among children, practitioners and parents.

During this time the proportion of children reaching an age-appropriate level in key areas, including communication and emotional development, rose from 23 per cent to 73 per cent.

The free Achieving Early pilot tracked the progress of 388 children who were vulnerable to poor outcomes at 62 settings.

Achievement for All, the education charity behind the programme, assigned a coach to each nursery, pre-school or children’s centre to work on core elements. These were ‘working together’, ‘leadership and management’, ‘progress and learning’, and ‘health, happiness and wellbeing’.

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