Once identified, there are a number of ways that parents can work to accommodate their child's natural learning styles and, in turn, serve to make learning more accessible to their children.

This is a brief overview of the stages that children need to go through in order to gain fluency in both their oral and written communication skills.

Academy schools are state-maintained, but independently-run, schools that are established with the help of sponsors. Normally, these sponsors are businesses and educational trusts.

Broadly speaking, children are expected to reach a minimum of level four at the end of year 6 in reading, writing and mathematics and to move up two sub-levels each year from year 1 through to 6.

The new curriculum will form the foundations on which youngsters aged up to five can master the basic skills, as well as the resilience, confidence and personal skills needed for independent learning.