Council 'failed' to follow school summer-born Government guidance, finds Ombudsman
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Summer-born School admissions
  • Jul 30, 2021
Summer-born children disproportionately labelled as having special educational needs
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  • May 31, 2021
Summer-born pupils unfairly labelled as SEND – research
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Summer-born School readiness SEND Special needs School starting age
  • May 31, 2021
Summer-born pupils ‘unfairly’ labelled as having special needs
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  • May 31, 2021
More councils allow all summer-born children to delay school start
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Summer-born School readiness School starting age
  • May 28, 2021
Delayed school admissions for summer born pupils (2020)
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School admissions Summer-born School readiness
  • May 27, 2021
Why we need to stop feeling sorry for summer-born children
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  • May 24, 2021
It’s not about ‘delay’, it’s about equality: The language of the summer-born admissions policy
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School admissions Summer-born School readiness
  • Nov 13, 2020
Summer-born children: school admission
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School admissions Summer-born
  • Jun 26, 2020
Covid should not delay pupils starting school, says DfE
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Coronavirus School admissions Summer-born
  • Jun 26, 2020
Admissions review won’t look at long-promised changes for summer-borns, says DfE
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School admissions Admissions review Summer-born Vulnerable
  • Jun 26, 2020
Summer-born children more likely to struggle with basic skills, figures suggest
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Summer-born Attainment gap Pupil performance
  • Jan 31, 2020
Summer-born fall 19 points behind peers in early years
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Summer-born Early years Attainment
  • Nov 28, 2019
Summer born pupils
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Summer-born
  • Nov 6, 2019
Summer-born children: school admission
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Summer-born Late entry School admissions
  • Oct 21, 2019
Requests for late entry for summer-born plateau
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Summer-born Reception School entry Late entry
  • Oct 21, 2019
Summer-born children should have test scores adjusted
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Summer-born Adjustment
  • Oct 3, 2019
Schools should adjust test scores by age to tackle disadvantage facing summer-born children, experts say
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Summer-born Attainment gap Adjustment
  • Oct 3, 2019
Adjust test scores for summer-born pupils, teachers told
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Summer-born Scores
  • Oct 3, 2019
Call for summer-born children to have marks adjusted
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Summer-born Adjustment
  • Oct 3, 2019
Summer-born children ‘more likely to be diagnosed with depression’ than older pupils
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Summer-born Mental health Depression
  • Sep 23, 2019
Teen depression risk to youngest primary school starters
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Mental health Depression Summer-born
  • Sep 23, 2019
Summer-born children: school admission
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Summer-born School admissions
  • Sep 9, 2019
Summer-born 'more likely' to be able to defer entry
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Summer-born School admissions
  • Sep 9, 2019
Summer-borns: 60% of councils ‘more willing’ to accept delayed entries
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Summer-born School admissions
  • Sep 9, 2019
Premature summer-born children face ‘significant’ challenges at school
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Premature birth Summer-born Attainment Academic achievement
  • Aug 14, 2019
Eight years later
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Pupil performance Summer-born School admissions Attainment
  • May 21, 2019
Early schooling helps narrow boys’ disadvantage gap
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Early learning Attainment gap Summer-born School readiness
  • Feb 21, 2019
Boys only suffer from late school start if they’re poor
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School readiness Disadvantaged pupils Summer-born Attainment gap
  • Feb 21, 2019
Attainment gap for summer-born pupils 'persists at age 11'
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Summer-born Attainment gap Maths Gender gap Academic performance
  • Nov 21, 2018
Summer-borns still struggle in year 6, and 3 other findings from primary schools test results analysis
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Summer-born Attainment gap Primary Disadvantaged pupils Academic performance
  • Nov 21, 2018
Summer-born pupils disadvantaged throughout primary school – study
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Summer-born Attainment gap Primary Academic performance
  • Nov 21, 2018
A boy called Freddie …
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Premature birth Summer-born Attainment SEN Academic performance
  • Nov 18, 2018
School delay call for summer-born pupils in Wales
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Wales Summer-born School readiness
  • Nov 14, 2018
More parents want later start for summer-borns
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Summer-born DfE
  • May 21, 2018
Daily roundup 18 May: Summer-born children, GP appointments, and royal wedding
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Summer-born School starting age Primary School admissions
  • May 18, 2018
Daily roundup 18 May: Summer-born children, GP appointments, and royal wedding
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Summer-born
  • May 18, 2018
Wealthy families ‘playing the system’ by delaying start of education
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School starting age Affluence Summer-born School choices
  • May 18, 2018
Number of parents asking for their summer-born children to start school a year late doubles in a year
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Summer-born School admissions School starting age
  • May 17, 2018
School delay does not help summer-born, study shows
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Summer-born Primary schools
  • May 17, 2018
Summer-born children: school admission
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Summer-born School admissions
  • May 17, 2018
Late-starting summer-born pupils don’t get better phonics scores
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Primary schools Summer-born Phonics
  • May 17, 2018
Huge increase in summer-born pupils delaying school
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Summer-born School admissions
  • May 17, 2018
Postcode lottery of delayed summer-born admissions continues
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Summer-born School admissions
  • May 17, 2018
Grammar school entry test ‘unfair’ for children born in summer
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  • Apr 4, 2018
Grammar school entry test sat by thousands of pupils is 'unfair' on summer-born children
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Grammar schools Entrance exams Summer-born School admissions
  • Apr 3, 2018
Summer-born pupils disadvantaged by ‘unfair’ 11-plus test, adjudicator rules
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  • Apr 3, 2018
Councils struggling to check academy admissions and 11 other key Schools Adjudicator findings
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Academies School admissions OSA Grammar schools Summer-born Catchment area Feeder schools Pupil premium Funding Church schools Catholic
  • Feb 8, 2018
England worst in schooling summer-born
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Summer-born Pupil performance School admissions PIRLS
  • Dec 6, 2017
Parents of summer born children will be given the option of delaying when their children join reception
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Summer-born Reception Primary School admissions
  • Dec 5, 2017
Children as young as three grouped by ‘ability’ for high-stakes tests
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Ability streaming Early years Nurseries Academic ability Attainment gap Summer-born Social mobility
  • Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as two are branded 'low ability' at nurseries
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Academic ability Ability streaming Primary Assessment Unions Reading Summer-born
  • Dec 1, 2017
Ofsted report on the Reception Year: a hit and miss affair
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Ofsted Reception Early years Primary Disadvantaged pupils EYFS SEND Summer-born
  • Nov 30, 2017
Summer-born children twice as likely to miss early years benchmark
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Summer-born Early years Primary Reception Benchmarks Pupil performance
  • Nov 30, 2017
Formal learning starts too young, say early years teachers
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  • May 18, 2017
Formal learning starts too young, say early years teachers
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TES Early years Nurseries Primary schools Reception Curriculum Summer-born
  • May 18, 2017
Gibb fails to resolve summer-born admissions despite promises
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Schools Week Summer-born School admissions Reception Primary schools
  • May 14, 2017
Are children born in the summer really at a big disadvantage?
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Schools Summer-born Primary Guardian
  • Oct 14, 2016