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Save Children's Plan
The Children's Plan, introduced in December 2007, is a ten-year strategy to make England the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. Developed through consultation with the public and experts, it places families at the heart of everything we do.
The plan is built on the fact that young people spend only one fifth of their childhood at school, and that they learn best when their families support and encourage them and when they are experiencing positive activities outside the school day. It sets out a series of ambitions for all areas of children's lives:
- at age 5, 90 per cent of children will be developing well across all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage
- at age 11, 95 per cent of children will have reached expected levels in literacy and numeracy
- at age 19, 90 per cent will have achieved the equivalent of five good GCSEs
- at age 19, the majority of children will be ready for higher education with at least 6 out of 10 children achieving the equivalent of A Levels
- child poverty will be halved by 2010 and eradicated by 2020
- there will be clear improvements in child health, with the proportion of overweight children reduced to 2000 levels
- the number of first-time young offenders will be reduced so that by 2020 the number receiving a conviction, reprimand or final warning for a recordable offence will have fallen by a quarter.
These ambitions will be achieved with the help of a wide range of specific policies, many of which will have an impact on Every Child Matters, and will draw upon £850 million of investment.
The DCSF website has downloadable copies of the original Children’s Plan and the one-year-on progress report, as well as more detailed information on all aspects of the plan.
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Last updated on 28/04/2009
