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4th July 2023
Kindred Squared Media Coverage
Kindred Squared Chief Executive, Felicity Gillespie, spoke with Made for Mums about the Starting Reception definition and website. Read the full article here.
Read MoreBBC News refers to Kindred Squared annual School Readiness survey results when reporting on a recent Teacher Tapp poll. Read the full article here.
Read MoreTES Magazine reports on Kindred Squared’s polling of school governors, where 39% of respondents were either unsure or did not know how many pupils were on track to reach a good level of development (GLD). Read the full article here.
Read MoreNursery World’s next conference on 4 November in London, and Kindred Squared Chief Executive, Felicity Gillespie will be giving the keynote speech on working with parents on a shared understanding of ‘school readiness’. Read the full article here
Read MoreKindred Squared Director, Felicity Gillespie, speaks to Nick Ferrari about the Starting Reception website. Listen to the interview here [from 2:25:00] and the listener phone-in [from 2:38:00]
Read MoreOn Primary School offer day, Cristina Odone writes about whose responsibility it is to prepare children for Reception, quoting information from the Starting Reception website.# Read the full article here.
Read MoreNMT shares a link to the Starting Reception website, reporting that organisations involved in the website include Kindred Squared, National Day Nurseries Association, the Early Years Alliance, LEYF Nurseries, Busy Bees, Ark Start and Pacey. NMT notes that the Department…
Read MoreKindred Squared Director, Felicity Gillespie, writes in TES magazine on school readiness is the most important equality issue in society, “because so many of the economic and social gaps in later life stem from these early years”. Read the full…
Read MoreEducation secretary Bridget Phillipson told The Independent new School Readiness website will teach skills such as going to the toilet and putting on a coat. Read the full article here.
Read MoreKristina Murkett writes in The Spectator about school readiness including statistics and information from the Kindred Squared School Readiness report 2024, and links to the Starting Reception website. Kirstina concludes that: “The answer is, of course, screen time”. Read the…
Read MoreOn National Primary School Offer Day, Netmums shares a link to a new initiative to help parents prepare their children for school. The Starting Reception website developed by a coalition of leading early years experts, is being shared widely with…
Read MoreAhead of Primary School Offer day, The Times article reports on the “government-backed checklist” that sets out the skills children are expected to have before starting reception, amid concerns over falling levels of school readiness. Read the full article here.
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