What this consultation is about
More than 1,800 people filled in our survey about what children need to know and be able to do before they start school.
The responses have now been published. The report is attached to this page.
Identifying what school readiness means will help parents and childcare professionals work together to make more young children prepared for school. We want every child get a flying start at school and the results of the survey will support that.
The survey was needed because school readiness can mean different things to different people. This can be difficult for us as we plan and develop services for children, families and the childcare professionals who work with them.
More than half of the respondents were parents, carers or family members. The rest were mainly made up of teachers, non-teaching school staff, childminders, nursery or pre-school workers. The age group most represented was 31 to 45 years old, with people aged from 13 to over 65 taking part.