A third of all five-year-olds are being “failed” by their reception experience, and the number is even higher among disadvantaged children, a report has revealed. Ofsted’s Bold beginnings report found ...

Most teachers believe Reception Baseline tests in English and Maths for four- and five-year-olds are inaccurate and do not provide a good experience for children, according to a new survey. PHOTO ...

Campaigners say new assessments introduced for this year's reception pupils will be 'unreliable' and 'damaging' to young children, labelling then as 'failures' from the start of their education. Every ...

Teachers have reiterated a call for the Reception baseline to be scrapped, after a survey found that many believe it harms children and is not an accurate assessment. New research commissioned by the ...

Every parent worries when their little one goes to school but with kids denied of socialisation during the pandemic, many will be fretting about how they'll cope with independence for the first time.

Children entering the school system are increasingly unprepared to spend their first chunk of time away from home. That means extra workload for teachers and their assistants, changing nappies, doing ...

Children are starting school still wearing nappies because working parents are too busy to potty train them, a Tory MP has said. Miriam Cates' comments came after a report revealed nine in ten ...