Stigma, safeguarding and social change: toilet training in early years

Julian Grenier writes in TES Magazine on the issue of School Readiness, sharing insights from Kindred Squared annual School Readiness Report. “As well as offering more support, we need to shift attitudes around when toilet training should start so that more children have the self-care skills they need to be confident and thrive when they…

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Nurseries need funding more than universities

Felicity Gillespie, Director, Kindred Squared responds to the latest OECD Education at a Glance data for 2024 in The Spectator: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/nurseries-have-been-underfunded-for-too-long “There is a case for shifting the focus of funding from the end of the education pipeline to the beginning. Despite our lavish spending on universities, Britain’s expenditure on the critical, early years of learning languishes…

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