Of the 504 UK primary school teachers surveyed by Save the Children – a member of the Read On. Get On. campaign - 79 per cent believe investing more in nursery and pre-school provision would reduce the number of children starting primary school without the speech and language skills they need to learn in the classroom.
Seventy-five per cent of primary school teachers surveyed said that children were arriving in Reception struggling to speak in full sentences
Eighty-one per cent of respondents reported seeing children start school struggling to read words or sentences and 65 per cent witnessed children experiencing difficulties following simple instructions.
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