We know that parents are a child’s first and most important educator, and they are also the most potent force in affecting government education policy decisions because of their voting power.
When moves to dilute staff:child ratios were warded off in Liz Truss’s time as early years minister, it was parents’ opposition that was the decisive factor.
With that in mind, it is interesting to see the way that a significant proportion of parents are now thinking. Last week, figures were released on the numbers of families asking for their summer-born children’s entry to school to be deferred for a year – a rise of 84 per cent over two years.
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