The report for the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) found almost three quarters of parents feel anxious about their child starting school.
Director of Christian charity Care for the Family, Katharine Hill, told Premier it's understandable for some to be worried.
She said: "If we're anxious it's generally because we fear the unknown and when our child first starts school it is an unknown thing.
"We don't know the environment they'll be in, we don't know how they'll cope and so I think for some parents it can be an anxious time and it's a new milestone for our children as well."
In less than a week over 600,000 four-year-olds will start school for the first time with the research also showing over half of parents want more help in preparing their child for the start of school.
Catherine Hill has given some tips: "We can help them with obvious things like can they do their shoes up? Do they know where to hang their coat? How are they going to get to school and who's meeting them?
"Reassuring them about things like that then help us be more confident that they'll manage."