Potty training scheme to roll out to 20 more areas
Potty training guides were sent out to all families across York who had a child starting reception in September - with the aim that all children could use the toilet independently by the time they started school, except those with medical issues or special educational needs. This year, that fell to 85 reception pupils out of 1,374 (6%).Parents Natalie and Lucy, who both have daughters starting reception next year, have welcomed the extra support on offer. Image caption, Mum Natalie says there's a lot of conflicting pressures on parents about the right time to potty-trainLucy said she had noticed the drop-in sessions on potty training in her local children's centre and thought it was a "really good idea".
- ▪Potty training guides were sent out to all families across York who had a child starting reception in September - with the aim that all children could use the toilet independently by the time they started school, except those with medical i
- ▪This year, that fell to 85 reception pupils out of 1,374 (6%).Parents Natalie and Lucy, who both have daughters starting reception next year, have welcomed the extra support on offer.
- ▪Image caption, Mum Natalie says there's a lot of conflicting pressures on parents about the right time to potty-trainLucy said she had noticed the drop-in sessions on potty training in her local children's centre and thought it was a "reall
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Potty training scheme to roll out to 20 more areasImage caption, Parents like Natalie (right) say it's important children are confident enough to use the loo on their own when they start schoolByKate McGoughEducation reporterPublished5 October 2026, 04:45 BSTUpdated 2 minutes agoThe number of children who were toilet-trained before starting school this year has increased significantly in a city where parents were given potty training guides with their first school offers.York was the subject of the city-wide pilot, which also put on workshops for parents and offered special training for early years staff.Twenty local authorities across England are now signed up to launch similar schemes to tackle the number of pupils starting school without being fully toilet-trained.The government said…
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