One in four children are due to start school in September without being toilet trained, a charity has said.
A report by early years charity Kindred found pupils are losing, on average, a third of their learning time each day due to teachers diverting away from teaching and towards supporting children who are not school-ready.
Bristol charity ERIC - the children’s bladder and bowel organisation - has now set up an “emergency intervention” campaign for those starting school next month.
ERIC CEO Juliette Rayner said that, while the problem had been a “growing issue” recently, “this year seems to be particularly bad”.
My son started reception in pull ups and we transitioned to underpants later in the year.
He is autistic and has had some trouble.
Calling out parents for this is not fair and has more to do with social breakdowns and lack of help forthcoming from local government resources.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
What do they mean by school? What age are these children?
Where I’m from, the typical age to potty train is 2-4 years, so 25% at age 6-7 sounds very high.
Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
In the UK you start school at 4
Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe you shouldn’t if you’re not potty trained…easy as
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
That explains a lot, thanks!
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 months ago
The concern is over “Pandemic babies” who would be hitting 4 this year and entering Reception class at the end of the summer holidays before starting primary school the following year.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Thanks, is the missing context!