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Opinion: Editor's view - Changes for summer-borns could improvematters for all children
Nursery World,
17 January 2008
The review of the primary school curriculum, to be overseen by Professor Jim Rose, could bring about major improvements if it can tackle the problems of summer-born children under the current system (see News, page 3).
For those born in August, starting school a few days after their fourth birthday is a tough challenge, and can affect achievement throughout their academic life. There are several interesting factors about the suggestion that there could be greater flexibility about when children start school. First, there are no plans to change the compulsory starting age of five, even though six or seven is...
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