One in four school starters are still in nappies because parents 'don't think toilet training is their job', teacher pollOne in four children starting reception are not toilet trained and the same proportion cannot eat independently, a new survey suggests.
An annual poll of 1,000 primary school teachers found a rise in children failing to master the basic skills they need for school.
On average, teachers are spending an hour and a half every day either changing nappies or helping children go to the toilet – the equivalent of an entire school day per week.
Respondents said an average of 26 per cent of the children in their reception class this year were having frequent toilet mishaps, up from 24 per cent the previous two years.
The worst-affected area was the North East, where 36 per cent of school-starters were not toilet trained.
Teachers said the frequent toileting interruptions led to a ‘stop-start’ day, with 70 per cent saying it had an impact on class progress.
One deputy headteacher told researchers: ‘It’s definitely getting worse. If you go back ten years you wouldn’t have had children coming into reception who needed toilet training and now it’s almost the expectation that schools will do it.’
A reception teacher added: ‘Parents don’t think it’s their job. They’re very happy to give that to someone else. You know, someone else will potty train my child.’
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parents How awful, what a careless attitude British parents have toward their children! In Soviet times, when I went to school, children already knew how to read, count, and write.
