Nursery World - Editor’s view

Updated guidance for the two-year progress check could help settings reconnect with the families who need them the most

Karen Faux

How are our two-year-olds doing? It’s a really important question given that they will have lived most of their lives so far in the midst of a pandemic. As each month goes by, more is being learned about the impact this is having on their communication, social skills, wellbeing and general development. Particularly worrying is that according to Ofsted, take-up of funded places for two-year-olds is down since Covid hit, with fewer parents opting to place their children in early education at this age stage.

Taking this into account, it seems that the progress check at two has never been more important – and some might question why practitioners are still working to the same statutory requirements devised when it was launched in 2012.

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