Parents concerned their child will be behind in September

New research has uncovered a concern amongst parents over their child’s progress in education, with 41 per cent worried their child will be behind when schools reopen in September.

With lockdown spilling into the school summer holidays, the past few months have been a balancing act for the majority of parents who – while working from home and abiding by social distancing guidelines – have also been tasked with entertaining their kids and keeping up their education. Even before the summer break started, 64 per cent of parents were concerned about how they would fill their children’s time.

The research, by Rosetta Stone, has found that 44 per cent of parents plan to continue homeschooling their children over the summer holidays. However, with the prospect of more local lockdowns and staycations becoming the norm, 31 per cent of parents admit they struggle to find creative ways to help keep up their children’s education and development during school holidays.

However, when it comes to independent learning or learning through play, languages top the board as the number one choice with 27 per cent of children and young people (aged 11 to 16) saying they’d be more interested in picking up foreign language phrases than researching science or maths.

Additionally, 60 per cent of 11 to 16-year-olds say their favourite aspect of learning a language is that they will get to use it in the future, while 55 per cent say that they’d like to learn a language for fun.