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Re: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school

Staggered entry exists now - every parent has a right if they want to defer entry until later in reception year - they only have to attend after the child turns 5. It is only the pressure that schools put parents under not to that more children do not. (in fact some schools claim that pupils cannot ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school
Replies: 34
by TootingEd
Thu Sep 24, 2015 3:56 pm

Re: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school

In response to the no perfect solution - no there is not, but being the youngest in a class at 5, is very different to being the youngest at 4 - the point being the older all the children are, the more ready they all are and the more level the classes are. The law is currently applied - it is compul...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school
Replies: 34
by TootingEd
Thu Sep 24, 2015 3:16 pm

Re: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school

I actually thought these two guardian articles (published on the same day!) were pretty funny: the first - describing the changes which will be put into place http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/08/parents-of-summer-born-children-get-right-to-delay-start-of-school the second - its only goi...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school
Replies: 34
by TootingEd
Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:22 pm

Re: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school

oops, realised that's the wrong link (and can't find the original one I wanted to attach at the moment) - there is another Gov't announcement on the same day (similar to the content I linked, but actually states they will change the law, but without any timeframes.) another link is the open letter b...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school
Replies: 34
by TootingEd
Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:13 pm

Re: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/summer-born-children-to-get-the-right-to-start-school-later I think another poster picked up on recent press coverage but the law is changing so this will purely a parent choice in future with no school or local authority inteference. The Education minister has sai...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Summer babies- delaying admission to primary school
Replies: 34
by TootingEd
Wed Sep 23, 2015 4:56 pm

Re: Local State Schools - Give us a clue

First post! (i signed up to read on other threads but this caught my eye) Interesting all these comments about bollingbroke and then it caught my eye the poster said it was an ARK school. I know nothing about Bollingbroke, but do know an (ex)senior teacher in another Ark school. Since ARK took over,...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Local State Schools - Give us a clue
Replies: 48
by TootingEd
Thu May 30, 2013 2:09 pm