Tom Symons
@tomsymons.bsky.social
Head of Policy Insights at @thefea.bsky.social
Education, innovation, government, tech, policy and the unrelenting woes of Southampton Football Club. May contain cats. All views my own.
Education, innovation, government, tech, policy and the unrelenting woes of Southampton Football Club. May contain cats. All views my own.
Hi Sue - nesta have no involvement in Kindred's survey, the report or press release. I had just wanted to point out that the statistic about toilet training is based on a poll of 1000 teachers, rather than an anecdote from 1 teacher as you had claimed. I can't speak to the methodological rigour here
January 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hi Sue - nesta have no involvement in Kindred's survey, the report or press release. I had just wanted to point out that the statistic about toilet training is based on a poll of 1000 teachers, rather than an anecdote from 1 teacher as you had claimed. I can't speak to the methodological rigour here
Another stat finds that 24% of parents don't think a child needs to be toilet trained when they arrive in Reception, which broadly supports the other stat that 25% of kids aren't toilet trained. What definition of toilet trained is being used I don't know.
January 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Another stat finds that 24% of parents don't think a child needs to be toilet trained when they arrive in Reception, which broadly supports the other stat that 25% of kids aren't toilet trained. What definition of toilet trained is being used I don't know.
In the full report the methodology is explained. They surveyed 1000 reception class teachers and asked them what percentage of their class exhibited a range of behaviours. The average response to "not toilet trained" was 25% kindredsquared.org.uk/school-readi...
School Readiness Survey
School Readiness Survey For the past five years, Kindred² has surveyed thousands of teachers and parents to source robust evidence of the proportion of children that are considered 'school ready', com...
kindredsquared.org.uk
January 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In the full report the methodology is explained. They surveyed 1000 reception class teachers and asked them what percentage of their class exhibited a range of behaviours. The average response to "not toilet trained" was 25% kindredsquared.org.uk/school-readi...
Might be a bit late to this but I think it's either the Snowdrop or the Swan!
January 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Might be a bit late to this but I think it's either the Snowdrop or the Swan!