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28 Feb, 2015

When should summer-born children enter the classroom?

The Independent | SARAH CASSIDY | 25 February 2015
 
It’s a fraught question, answers to which tend to favour more educated families. Sarah Cassidy on a lottery of the seasons. 
 
Belle McLoughlin is enjoying her first year of “big school”. She started in the reception class in September and loves learning and making new friends. But Belle is already five-and-a-half and would normally be half way through Year 1.

 

Abstract: But although Belle has been lucky to get the start to her school career that was right for her, others are not so fortunate. Campaigners, who claim that the school system penalises summer-born youngsters, accuse the Government of attempting to “rubber stamp” a “postcode lottery” that will penalise the youngest and poorest children by forcing them to start primary school too early.

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