If we are going to have stricter rules around when children start school, we need to make sure it does not harm those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Over the next few weeks, many preschoolers will meet their foundation teachers, spend some time in a classroom and hopefully make some new friends.
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One-quarter of children who start school aren’t developmentally ready. Play-based learning in the early years of school can help with the transition, as well as providing a host of other benefits.
Parents are often anxious about whether or not their child is ready for school.
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Research has found one-quarter of children in NSW delayed school entry in 2009 and 2012, with the tendency to delay varying according to where families live and their socio-economic status.
Boys are more likely to start school later.
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