A survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and charity Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence (Eric) found 62 per cent of primary school staff and 71 per cent of those working in the early years sector working with three- to five-year-olds had noticed an increase in such incidents over the past five years.
The main reason given by staff was parents not toilet-training children before they started school.
The survey of 848 children’s professionals also revealed a lack of school policy on dealing with childhood continence problems.
Just under four out of 10 respondents said their school had no written policy for dealing with such problems. A similar proportion did not provide information to parents of school starters to ensure they were toilet trained before they start school.
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