Call to delay school start and moving on from Reception or Year 1 until January 2021
Catherine Gaunt
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Early Education and TACTYC are proposing that children in pre-schools, nurseries, Reception and Year 1 classes stay on in their previous setting or class until January 2021 to support children through the Covid-19 crisis.
![Experts argue that young children should stay on an extra term in their previous setting or class to help with the transition to their next year group, after the disruption of coronavirus on children's learning, development and well-being](/media/208675/primary-school-children-sitting-on-the-floor.jpeg?&width=780&quality=60)
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