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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Eleanor Busby

Fewer than half of parents think Reception pupils should know how to use books

Teachers expressed concerns about children not meeting a range of their developmental milestones (PA) - (PA Wire)

Fewer than half of parents think children should know how to use books correctly before starting primary school, a survey has suggested.

Only three in four (76%) parents think children should be toilet trained before joining Reception, according to a poll for early years charity Kindred2.

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