Schools are "picking up the pieces" as more children start reception without key skills such as speaking in full sentences or using the toilet independently, teaching unions have told the BBC. A third ...

Each year we publish our popular First Class supplement featuring photographs of reception classes from across the area. It’s becoming more and more popular with teachers, parents, carers, readers and ...

Children entering the school system are increasingly unprepared to spend their first chunk of time away from home. That means extra workload for teachers and their assistants, changing nappies, doing ...

A Brighton primary school is to limit the number of children admitted to its Reception class to 15 for the next two years.

SOME of the smallest – and largest – reception classes in Flintshire have been settling into school life and making new friends. Ysgol Llanfynydd had just six new starters this year, but reception ...