summer-born children's entry to school, campaigners claim, despite the
Government amending the School Admissions Code to include clarifications
about deferred entry.
School reform minister Nick Gibb has said that he will look at the issue.
According to the Summer-Born Children campaign group, the revision of the School Admissions Code last year and Department for Education (DfE) advice for local authorities and school admission authorities on the admission of summer-born children have failed to make it easier for parents to request that their child start Reception rather than Year 1 at age five.
The current difficulties follow concerns voiced by the group last December that the revised code did not go far enough to guarantee that all children of compulsory school age can start in Reception. In evidence given to the Education Select Committee, campaigners have blamed inconsistent DfE advice, and the lack of clarity in its guidance to admission authorities and schools published last December.
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