Summer born children: advice for admission authorities
Guidance for local authorities and school admission authorities on admissions for children born in the summer.
Applies to England
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This guidance is for:
- local authorities
- school admission authorities
There is separate advice for parents of summer born children.
It sets out information about requests to delay the admission of summer born children to reception.
You should read it in conjunction with the School Admissions Code.
Reports on the findings of surveys of local authorities and parents of summer born children who have asked to delay their child’s admission to reception are available:
Updates to this page
Published 27 May 2021Last updated 28 November 2024 + show all updates
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We have made an update to the 'Handling requests for admission out of normal age group' section to clarify that secondary schools should ensure that parents receive a response to a request for admission out of the normal age group before secondary national offer day (and not when the normal admissions round closes).
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First published.