Labour’s proposals for “supervised toothbrushing” for reception pupils will do nothing to solve mounting crises in schools, says a school leaders’ union.
As part of a plan to reform dentistry if it wins power, the party said it would introduce “supervised toothbrushing in schools for three to five-year-olds”.
This would be “targeted at the areas with the highest childhood tooth decay”. No further details were released.
Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the NAHT school leaders’ union, said: “This week we have seen guidance on mobile phones from government and a new dentistry duty from the Opposition.
