Children ready for school?

A report by Kindred on school readiness following a survey of 1000 parents and 1000 teachers of children of reception age for 2023 has provided some interesting information.

Kindred is a charitable foundation working collaboratively with partner organisations to improve early education and early child development.

Key report findings:

• 50% of school staff say the school readiness problem is worse than in September 2022
• 1 in 4 children are not toilet trained according to teachers when starting reception
• Only 50% of parents think it is their sole responsibility to toilet train their child
• On average approximately a third of the school day is lost due to lack of readiness to start school
• 93% of teachers say that their school is increasing resources to manage school readiness issues
• 22% of parents say they have never had a visit from a health visitor
• 43% of parents say they found out about school readiness too late
• 69% of school staff think parents should receive more guidance
• 54% of parents don’t think school readiness is their responsibility.

Read the full report here.