(UK) Ofsted: "Rising number of children" starting school NOT POTTY TRAINED

Dec 2, 2018, Telegraph: Toilet training is being left to teachers, says Ofsted chief https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/02/toilet-training-left-teachers-says-ofsted-chief/ Teachers should not be expected to toilet train four year olds, the Ofsted chief has said, as she she says it is parents' responsibility. Delivering her second annual report as the body's chief inspector, Amanda Spielman will, later this week, restate how a rising number of children are starting school without being able carry out basic functions like communicating and using the loo. The Chief Inspector will highlight the growing evidence of children arriving at reception unable to use a toilet, concluding that: “This is difficult for teachers, disruptive for other children and has a terrible social impact on the children affected. This is wrong. Toilet training is the role of parents and carers and should not be left to schools. Only in the most extreme cases should parents be excused from this most basic of parenting tasks.” …