Question follow-through · 36572

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of Covid 19 on the reception class cohort of September 2025; and whether additional (a) preparation and (b) provision has been made for that cohort.

answeredCameron ThomasDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
11 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of Covid 19 on the reception class cohort of September 2025; and whether additional (a) preparation and (b) provision has been made for that cohort.

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Giving children the best start in life is the foundation of government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The earliest years are the most crucial stage of child development. That is why we have set a milestone of a record proportion of child...

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