The SSLiC Programme has received early-stage development support from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and in collaboration with the Early Years South West Stronger Practice Hub for the academic year 2024–2025. This EEF initiative seeks to increase the availability of evidence-based programmes available to educational settings:

Our new early-stage programme development work supports organisations to design, develop and deliver programmes that tackle educational disadvantage.

We are pleased that the SSLiC Programme, which aims to reduce educational inequalities by developing all children’s speech and language, has been chosen to receive this valuable support. This year, the SSLiC Programme will be implemented in a number of early years settings in Dorset.