The report, Ex Curricular, which was funded by the Private Equity Foundation, found that more than ten per cent of five-year-olds start school without the necessary behavioural and social skills to succeed.
Without these skills, children are more likely to become disengaged with education and end up Neet, according to the study.
Ex Curricular author Sonia Sodha said: "One in ten children lack the tools to benefit from education. These nursery [children] show the same behaviour problems as older Neets, such as difficulty making friends and bad behaviour."
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