Correspondence

Summer-born children: Nick Gibb's letter about school admissions

Letter about a change to the school admissions code to make sure that summer-born children don't miss a year of school.

• From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nick Gibb
• Published: 8 September 2015

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Nick Gibb's letter about the admission of summer-born children

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Details

A letter from the Minister of State for Schools to:

• parents
• local authorities
• admission authorities
• schools

It sets out the government’s plan to make a change to the school admissions code. The change would mean that schools can:

• admit summer-born children to reception class at the age of 5, if their parents want this
• make sure the children can stay in this year group as they progress through school

More information about the admission of summer-born children in schools is available.

Published 8 September 2015