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Intervention as one in four school starters in nappies (www.bbc.com)

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One in four children are due to start school in September without being toilet trained, a charity has said.

A report by early years charity Kindred found pupils are losing, on average, a third of their learning time each day due to teachers diverting away from teaching and towards supporting children who are not school-ready.

Bristol charity ERIC - the children's bladder and bowel organisation - has now set up an "emergency intervention" campaign for those starting school next month.

ERIC CEO Juliette Rayner said that, while the problem had been a "growing issue" recently, "this year seems to be particularly bad".

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[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

What do they mean by school? What age are these children?

Where I'm from, the typical age to potty train is 2-4 years, so 25% at age 6-7 sounds very high.

[–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

In the UK you start school at 4

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

That explains a lot, thanks!

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