Lay foundations for school readiness

Writing for the Telegraph, Fiona Berry discusses our recent Baby Bonds research.

Last month the Sutton Trust published ‘Baby Bonds’, a review of international studies on attachment. The analysis suggests that about 40 per cent of children in the UK do not have a secure attachment with their parents.

These children are more likely “to suffer from aggression, defiance and hyperactivity” as they get older and are more likely to leave school “without further education, employment or training”.

There is also a strong link between a child having an insecure attachment and poor language skills.

The report highlights the fact that, currently, education policy is not taking into account the clear link between failure to achieve secure attachments in the early years and the negative effect this has on a child’s educational achievements later on at school.

Read the full article here.