Children entering the school system are increasingly unprepared to spend their first chunk of time away from home. That means extra workload for teachers and their assistants, changing nappies, doing ...

The Oxford English Reference Dictionary defines reception, thus: The act or an instance of receiving or the process of being received. Therefore the educational term “Reception Class” can in no manner ...

Peterborough Telegraph photographer David Lowndes has been busy in the city’s primary schools recently capturing the smiling faces of each of the new reception class intake. Did you know with an ...

Schools are "picking up the pieces" as more children start reception without key skills such as speaking in full sentences or using the toilet independently, teaching unions have told the BBC. A third ...

Letlhakeng — A reception class teacher at Dikgatlhong Primary School has applauded parents for showing interest in their children's future by bringing them for reception class. Speaking in an ...

Children are back in school again, which means a fresh generation of excited kids are throwing on their uniforms for the first time for real. We have honoured the occasion by dipping into the archives ...

Summer-born children in Liverpool can now start school in reception class aged five. Liverpool City Council is the first local authority in the country to introduce this new policy after West Derby ...

Take a look through our First Class gallery, which features lots of pictures of children attending schools across the Crawley and Horley areas. All photos were submitted by the schools. Take a look ...

THIS year we have re-launched our popular First Class feature. Our photographers will be taking pictures of reception class children who have just started school, then we will publish their pictures ...