The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) has published Being School Ready, a report which considers what the term means for childcare professionals, parents, and primary school teachers. Key findings include:
- Childcare professionals, parents and teachers interpret the term ‘school ready’ in a way that is in stark contrast to that often stated by policy makers and regulators in England
- For a child to be considered school ready, respondents stated that cognitive and academic skills such as reading and writing are not as important as children being confident, independent and curious
- Childcare professionals stated that they felt there needed to be greater emphasis on play in England
- Almost half of all respondents – childcare professionals, parents and teachers alike – identified a lack of communication and common expectation between each other as a barrier to preparing a child for school
- Respondents agreed that being school ready is about more than just the child being ready for school – schools need to be ready for children, too
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