Researchers at Leeds University tested more than 300 children aged four to 11 with a series of computer tasks and found pupils with good coordination were months ahead of their peers.

MOST clumsy children can be helped by their parents or teachers rather than using scarce NHS services, say researchers. The condition, which affects about one child in every primary school class ...

Compared to other specific learning difficulties, major research into dyspraxia – or developmental coordination disorder (DCD) as it is more formally known – has only begun fairly recently ...