The L&D targets are controversial in not being generally accepted by experts in child development and education as being appropriate for this age group [REF].
There is a body of professional opinion that attempting to push under-5s into early literacy is ineffective[REF] or even counterproductive,[REF][REF] possibly even producing reading difficulties in some children through the experience of early failure,[REF] and other problems[REF] including ADHD [REF].