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Meta information
79% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
94% 
Link structure
62% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.14 s
File size
260.00 kB
Words
1771
Media files
54
Number of links
44 internal / 53 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home - Starting Reception
The length of the page title is perfect. (237 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Your child's journey to school starts at home. We understand that all children develop at their own pace, and that we’re all learning from birth. With school readiness, some children will need more help than others.
The meta description is too long: 1301 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://startingreception.co.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1771 words. That's ok.
39% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
27 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 22.67 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: taking care of themselves
Some tags are too long. With 98 characters this one is longer than 70 characters:
"get insights on internet safety, how screen use impacts young children and recommended screen time"
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
35 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Starting Reception
The H1 heading is too short (18 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Starting Reception
H2 Your child's journey to school starts at home
H2 Created collaboratively by
H2 Supported by
H2 Contents
H2 How can I help my child get ready?
H2 What if my child has additional needs?
H2 Who can I speak to for help?
H2 The definition: skills to practise before starting Reception
H2 Empty heading
H2 Growing independence
H2 Building relationships and communicating
H2 Physical development
H2 Healthy routines
H2 What should I do if I have concerns about my child’s development?
H2 Resources for families with additional needs:
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are too many external links (53) on this page.

Found links on this page

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/contactContact
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IMG-ALT bn_BD
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IMG-ALT bn_IN
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IMG-ALT gu
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IMG-ALT pa_IN
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IMG-ALT pa_PK
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https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor View the definition
/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/St...New window Download the PDF
/aboutFor instructions on adding your logo and/or branding the PDF, click here.
/aboutWant to post this on your website? Click here for instructions.
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor How can I help my child get ready?
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor What if my child has additional needs?
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor Who can I speak to for help?
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor The basic skills to practise before your child starts school
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor Growing independence​
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor Building relationships and communicating
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor Physical development
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor Healthy routines
https://startingreception.co.uk/Anchor What should I do if I have concerns about my child’s development?
https://www.parentkind.org.uk/...New window External Subdomain Anchor Check out Parentkind’s online advice hub and magazine for parents ‘Be School Ready’
https://www.familycorner.co.uk...New window External Subdomain Enjoy Family Corner’s 5 tips to help your child get ready for Reception
https://www.pacey.org.uk/start...External Subdomain Guidance for parents and practitioners - PACEY
https://easypeasyapp.com/for-p...New window External Download the free EasyPeasy mobile app for tips and activities to support everyday parenting moments
https://www.familycorner.co.uk...External Subdomain How can you make separating easier? - Family Corner
https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/w...External Subdomain Getting dressed and ready for the day - backward chaining information sheet - NHS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Getting ready for the Day - BBC
https://ihv.org.uk/wp-content/...New window External The Institute of Health Visiting has advice and tips on toilet training
https://eric.org.uk/potty-trai...New window External Simple and supportive toilet training advice - ERIC
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/...New window External Potty training and bedwetting - NHS
https://downsyndromeuk.co.uk/p...External Pants4School - Down Syndrome UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain 5 steps for brain building through serve and return - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...External Subdomain How to follow a child’s interest in play - National Literacy Trust
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain How to role play with your child - Pretend role play - BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain How to role play with your child - Playing pretend animals - BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Fire up their imagination with drawing - BBC
https://www.pacey.org.uk/mark-...External Subdomain What is mark-making and why is it important for learning? - PACEY
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Sharing story books on World Book Day - BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Nature activities for children - BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Learning and having fun on the bus - BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Play a game of 'What's that sound?' - BBC
https://centreforearlychildhoo...New window External The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood’s Shaping Us Framework outlines how these skills develop in early childhood
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/h...External Subdomain Top tips for enjoying stories together and book recommendations for starting school - Book Trust
https://www.familycorner.co.uk...External Subdomain Learn how to support your child to make friends - Family Corner
https://wordsforlife.org.uk/ac...External Understand your child's social development - Words for Life
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Practice sharing with toys - BBC
https://wordsforlife.org.uk/pa...External You are your child’s first teacher – help them learn how to write their name - Words for Life
https://www.nhs.uk/start-for-l...External Explore a range of approaches to language learning and development from NHS Start for Life
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Build your child’s imagination and language by making up stories together - BBC
https://progress-checker.speec...External Subdomain Child's Progress checker - Speech & Language UK
https://wordsforlife.org.uk/ac...External Follow the walk and talk trail with the National Literacy Trust
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Practice language and listening skills at home with these games - Playing with a cardboard telescope - BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Practice language and listening skills at home with these games - Red Light, Green Light - BBC
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/e...New window External Getting moving for 3 hours a day - NHS
https://www.youthsporttrust.or...External Subdomain Support your child to be a Healthy Mover - Youth Sport Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...New window External Subdomain What is core strength and why is it important for children? - Department for Education
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Fun games to get them moving - BBC
https://www.who.int/news-room/...External Subdomain World Health Organization guidance
https://healthprofessionalsfor...External Health Professionals for Safer Screens poster
https://help-for-early-years-p...External Subdomain Help for early years providers: Internet safety
https://www.nct.org.uk/informa...External Subdomain Screen time for babies and toddlers - NCT
https://help-for-early-years-p...External Subdomain Nutrition guidance - Department for Education
https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-f...External Healthier families - NHS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize...External Subdomain Five tips for helping your kids to eat healthily all year round - BBC
https://www.firststepsnutritio...External Subdomain Eating Well - First Steps Nutrition Trust
https://www.bda.uk.com/resourc...External Subdomain Factsheet for healthy children's diets - Association of UK Dieticians
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Toothbrushing SOS with the singing dentist
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/...External Sleep and young children - NHS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-hap...External Subdomain Struggling to get children to sleep: How to establish a bedtime routine - BBC
https://www.familylives.org.uk/External Subdomain Family Lives
https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/External Speech and Language UK
https://dingley.org.uk/External Dingley’s Promise
https://www.kids.org.uk/External Subdomain KIDS
/about/Text duplicate About
/useful-links/Text duplicate Useful links
/contact/Text duplicate Contact
/privacy/Privacy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://startingreception.co.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.14 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (260 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 81 referring domains.
This page has 896 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 56 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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startingreception.co.uk
Home - Starting Reception
Your child's journey to school starts at home. We understand that all children develop at their own pace, and that we’re all learning from birth. With school readiness, some children will need more help than others.

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