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Staggering number of children starting school not toilet trained, study finds

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Around one in four children who started reception in 2025 were not toilet trained, a survey of teachers has found, amid warnings more children are struggling with basic life skills.

In an annual survey of primary school staff by early years charity Kindred Squared, teachers estimated 26 per cent of the children in their reception class this year were having frequent toilet mishaps, rising to over one in three (36 per cent) in the North East.

Kindred Squared is warning more and more children are arriving at the school gate “without the basic life skills needed to engage with the curriculum”.

Staff also report around 28 per cent of children started school unable to eat and drink independently, and 25 per cent were struggling with basic life skills.

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Having mishaps and not being toilet trained aren't necessarily the same thing. For a variety of reasons, it's hard for most children to have control of their bodies and fit their restroom usage into school schedules.
 
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Having mishaps and not being toilet trained aren't necessarily the same thing. For a variety of reasons, it's hard for most children to have control of their bodies and fit their restroom usage into school schedules.
Schools take the latter into account, to the point of having specific restrooms with both smaller fixtures and a door opening directly into the classroom. This has been the case for decades.

What I observed when ours were toddlers is that the pull-up disposable diapers delayed the motivation to use the facilities. The tip-off was when one of them said "Hold on" and interrupted their conversation in order to relieve themselves in the pull-ups. That indicated that they knew what the urge was and could hold it, but found it inconvenient to do so. Even then they were potty trained before school age.
 
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