Pupils needing language support rises by 10% in post-pandemic school starters, BBC analysis finds.
Seven-year-old Lewis is growing in confidence and can now hold a conversation after attending his school's speech hubThe number of five and six year olds who need speech and language support at school has risen by 10% in England over the past year, BBC analysis shows.
Previous rises in speech and language needs have been put down to larger student numbers and better detection in schools but the latest increase is much bigger.Charity Speech and Language UK told the BBC that Covid restrictions affected some children's development by limiting socialising and new experiences, which helps them learn new words.
Christine said it was particularly hard during the pandemic when he was no longer seeing friends in person. Louisa Reeves is a speech and language therapist who has been working closely with the school. She says some of the children have less vocabulary, while others find it difficult to understand instructions, are struggling to take turns or negotiate over games.Lewis was given a place in the school's specialist speech hub which has 20 spaces for children across Knowsley with language difficulties.
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