Despite the Prime Minister setting a target of 75 per cent of children being ‘school ready’ by 2028, there is currently no official description of ‘school readiness’.
To help parents, carers and children, Kindred Squared along with nursery groups, organisations and charities concerned with education, have come together to define, for the first time, what they believe being ready to start Reception actually means. All the information and recommendations for parents, cares and families are available on the new Starting Reception website.
The ‘Starting Reception’ definition of school readiness is an agreed list of suggested skills and activities which parents should be practising with their children in preparation for starting school in Reception year.
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