Schools: Admissions
(asked on 24th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide parents of summer-born children with flexibility to decide in which year group their children start school.
We are concerned that some parents of summer born children either feel forced to send their children to school before they are ready, and before compulsory school age, or risk missing the reception year at school where the essential teaching of early reading and arithmetic takes place.
Subject to parliamentary approval, we have therefore decided to amend the School Admissions Code to ensure that summer born children can be admitted to the reception class at the age of five, where this is what their parents want, and can remain with that cohort as they progress through school, including through to secondary school. We will conduct a full public consultation in due course.
I recently set out this policy intent in an open letter to parents, schools and local authorities. The letter is available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/summer-born-children-nick-gibbs-letter-about-school-admissions.
1. Summer-born children: starting school
08/05/2019 - Commons Research
Found: PAPER Number 07272, 8 May 2019 Summer-born children: starting school By Robert Long Inside: 1. Position
2. Summer-born children: school admission
09/09/2019 - Department for Education
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Found: admission of
summer born
children
For local authorities, school
admission
authorities and parents
December
3. Wakefield community and voluntary controlled schools
21/05/2020 - Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA)
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Found: Determination
In accordance with section 88H(4) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998,
I uphold
the
4. Delayed school admissions for summer-born pupils (2018)
21/10/2019 - Department for Education
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Found: Delayed school
admissions for
summer born pupils
Research report
May 2018 Rob
Cirin and James
5. Summer-born children: school admission
09/09/2019 - Department for Education
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Found: Delayed school
admissions for
summer born pupils
Research report
May 2018 Rob
Cirin and James
1. Oral Answers to Questions
07/09/2020 - Commons Chamber
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4: of students reported that the income of their parents or those who provided financial support to them - Speech Link
2. Oral Answers to Questions
22/06/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: What plans he has to provide time in schools for pupils to catch up on education missed as a result of - Speech Link
2: support his Department will provide to pupils to make up for time spent out of school as a result of the covid-19 - Speech Link
3: support his Department will provide to pupils to make up for time spent out of school as a result of the covid-19 - Speech Link
4: tragedies. It was an appalling attack, and the Home Secretary will update the House later today.We are - Speech Link
5: myself with the condolences expressed by the Secretary of State to the family, friends and pupils of James - Speech Link
3. School Admissions Code
10/10/2016 - Commons Chamber
1: raise affect only a relatively small number of children, if they were resolved positively or we heard - Speech Link
4. Education Settings: Wider Opening
09/06/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: schools, further education colleges and nurseries to remain open only for vulnerable children and those of - Speech Link
5. Covid-19: School Reopening
13/05/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on his - Speech Link
2: vulnerable children and those of critical workers. This has been a huge ask of teachers and parents, but the - Speech Link
6. Education Settings: Autumn Opening
08/07/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: the most challenging that schools, parents and, most of all, children have faced. What schools have achieved - Speech Link
2: disadvantaged backgrounds among the hardest hit. Education recovery is critical for this generation of schoolchildren - Speech Link
3: as well as reassuring parents and carers about what to expect for their children. The guidance has been - Speech Link
4: scientific and medical experts to ensure that both children and staff are always as safe as possible. Schools - Speech Link
7. Education Settings: Wider Opening
11/06/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: schools, further education colleges and nurseries to remain open only for vulnerable children and those of - Speech Link
2: important it is for children and young people to be in education and childcare, and it is vital that we get - Speech Link
3: for Education were open at the end of last week. Last week, we saw the number of primaries taking nursery - Speech Link
8. Oral Answers to Questions
11/09/2017 - Commons Chamber
1: areas, but can she give me an assurance that no school in Shropshire will see its budget cut as a result - Speech Link
2: single school, including in my hon. Friend’s constituency, with gains of up to 3% per pupil per year for - Speech Link
3: could mean that schools lose out. Can the Secretary of State reassure the House that issues such as deprivation - Speech Link
4: making sure that we protected the funding for children with additional needs under this formula, and - Speech Link
5: shortly. It will include a number of further final steps in relation to the formula, including for primary - Speech Link
9. Supporting Disadvantaged Families
12/11/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: time. We recognise that this has been a challenging year for everyone, especially for those who have lost - Speech Link
2: the £63 million already distributed earlier this year and, as then, funding will be disbursed according - Speech Link
3: making them best placed to identify and help those children and families most in need, and it is important - Speech Link
4: it is important that food for young children and expectant mothers should be nutritious, as that will - Speech Link
10. Exams and Accountability 2021
03/12/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: colleges next year.The pandemic continues to cause disruption throughout our education communities - Speech Link
asked by: Jeremy Quin
30/11/2015
... what steps she is taking to provide parents of summer-born children with flexibility to decide in which year group their children start school. 2. Primary Education: Admissions
asked by: David Linden
20/01/2020
... whether he plans to change the School Admissions Code to allow summer-born children to automatically start reception at five years old. 3. Schools: Admissions
asked by: Stephen Hammond
28/02/2017
... if she will estimate the costs of establishing a pilot initiative based across two or more locally authority areas make provision for children who were born prematurely in the summer months to provide flexibility around timing of school entry to summer-born children in order to gather evidence to inform implementation of the School Admissions Code policy changes. 4. Schools: Admissions
asked by: Tracy Brabin
04/06/2018
... what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of school start deferral requests for summer-born children between 2015 and 2017. 5. Schools: Admissions
asked by: Stephen Hammond
11/01/2017
... what progress the Minister of State for School Standards has made on assessing the potential costs of changing the Schools Admissions Code to provide more flexibility for summer-born children.