Furious parents are embroiled in a playground war after being told some of their children will be held back in reception classes for a year. In a 'shock' letter, the parents of 19 reception children ...

A good teacher in a reception class means a child is likely to earn more in later life, a study has found. Four-year-olds with the most effective teachers can expect to earn between £2,000 and £7,500 ...

School nurseries and reception classes as well as sixth forms are set to be given their own Ofsted ratings under a shake-up of inspections, it has been announced. Did you know with a Digital ...

File photo dated 27/11/19 of school children during class at a primary school, as preventative antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A infections, the schools minister ...

The Oxford English Reference Dictionary defines reception, thus: The act or an instance of receiving or the process of being received. Therefore the educational term “Reception Class” can in no manner ...

Born in Bradford researchers will be assessing pupils in reception classes across the district from September as part of the world’s biggest study into why children fall ill. All four and ...

Ministers are overhauling how teachers judge the progress made by pupils by the end of reception class in skills such as listening and speaking, reading, writing and numeracy. Pupils are graded as ...

Reception classes in England offer pre-school-age children a lower-quality environment than other types of provision such as nursery classes and nursery schools, an ongoing Government-funded research ...

SOME of the smallest – and largest – reception classes in Flintshire have been settling into school life and making new friends. SOME of the smallest – and largest – reception classes in Flintshire ...

Peterborough Telegraph photographer David Lowndes has been busy in the city’s primary schools recently capturing the smiling faces of each of the new reception class intake. Did you know with an ...

A primary school has agreed to reduce its reception class intake in September because pupil numbers in the area are falling.