Literacy news
More than a third of five-year-olds not ready for school
29 Nov 2012
A third of five-year-olds who enter the school system lack the basic skills needed to prepare them for full-time education, impinging on their ability to learn well, a recent report by Ofsted has found.
The annual report revealed that in terms of vocabulary use, children from the poorest homes are on average more than a year behind their more affluent classmates.
It added that:
Too many children are still entering school without the basic skills and abilities they need to be ready to learn well.
It is a concern that 34 per cent of children are not working securely in communication, language and literacy by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
