Of the 277 support staff working in maintained and academy nursery and primary schools that took part in the survey, just 31 per cent said their school has a written policy for dealing with incontinence and toilet training problems.
More than 88 per cent of respondents also said they have not received any training on how to deal with childhood continence issues.
When asked in the survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) if their job description states they are required to attend to a child that has soiled or wet itself, 70 per cent said no. However, 80 per cent of staff said they are expected to change children when they do have accidents.
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