Many children go to nursery now from quite a young age, but what are the positive and negative impact this has on a child’s later learning. From speaking to quite a few primary school teachers, they have said that it is quite obvious which children have been to a play group or nursery setting regularly before attending school. This is mostly due to the way they seem to have more confidence when it comes to interacting with other children.

As they have to also teach now in nurseries and have a strict learning guide to stick to, it can also mean that the children moving up in to reception already have a knowledge of subjects that may be taught by the teacher in school. Many mums and dads feel that they do not want to put their child in nursery but research does seem to show that one or two days a week from about the age of two can actually benefit your child in later life.