. _ let's speak to anne longfield, the former children's commissioner for england. promise from the prime minister having 75% of children start school with a good level of development. tell us what that actually means, and why that isn't happening at the moment. weill. isn't happening at the moment. well, it's a really important _ isn't happening at the moment. -ii it's a really important measure, because children who start school behind a much more likely to stay behind a much more likely to stay behind throughout their school lives, and actually end up without an education, being an educational training at 16 or 17. so, it has a big impact on life chances. the development goals are goals around physical development, communication, literacy. they are understanding of social and emotional skills and the like. it said that children going in will be able to cope in a classroom scenario, socialise with other children, have the motor skills, be able to use pencils and the like, that we know are so important, and at the moment we know that a third of children aren't reac