Stefan Richter has faced opposition from his local authority over wanting to defer his two-year-old daughter's school entry by a year so that she can start reception after her fifth birthday at the end of August.
By law, children must start school by the term following their fifth birthday. Children born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009 start school in September 2013.
Mr Richter claims that the local authority is pressurising parents into applying for full-time school places for their children as early as possible and using 'scare tactics', such as telling them that their child will have to start in Year 1 and miss Reception if their entry is deferred.
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