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I called my sons name three times, but he didnt respond. Instead, he sat staring into space in front of me in our living room. It was as though my own child had been replaced with a zombie.

One in four children start primary school not knowing how to use a book correctly – with many trying to swipe or tap pages like a phone or tablet, a report reveals.

A survey of 1,000 staff also found that a quarter of reception pupils are not properly toilet-trained and a third are unable to put on a coat, hold a pencil or count to ten.

Children arriving at primary schools in Britain are unable to say their own names, with many not trained and still eating baby foods, The Times Education Commission is set to reveal this week.

Around half of four-year-olds were ‘not ready’ to start Reception last September, according to a new survey by education foundation Kindred Squared.