Half of all children not ready to start school – according to national survey

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In November 2021, Kindred² commissioned YouGov to conduct our second annual ‘school readiness’ survey of school professionals. Almost a thousand primary school teachers and staff responded. They reported that on average, 50% of all children are not ready to start school. 88% of primary school teachers and teaching assistants reported having to spend additional time…

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Multi Academy Trusts sign-up to teach the SEEN Programme

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Star Academies, Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT), David Ross Education Trust (DRET), Cabot Learning Federation (CLF) and The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) are the first trusts to sign up all of their schools for the Secondary Education around Early Neurodevelopment programme (SEEN) seeing the value of the lessons for pupils in their secondary schools. In…

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Duchess of Cambridge visits North London school to find out about SEEN programme

On Wednesday 24th November, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge visited Nower Hill High School in Harrow where she joined a science lesson studying neuroscience and the importance of early childhood development.   The visit comes after Her Royal Highness launched The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood last summer, which aims to drive awareness…

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