Schools

DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions

Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Summer-born pupils disadvantaged by ‘unfair’ 11-plus test, adjudicator rules

An Essex grammar school has been ordered to age-weight the results of its 11-plus entry exam after the admissions...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Schools are streaming the youngest children by phonics ability

Schools are using phonics to divide primary classes into ability streams – and pupils born in summer are paying...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

Stop labelling summer-born pupils as SEN!

There’s a huge difference in the attainment of older and younger pupils in the same year, and it’s too...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Gibb fails to resolve summer-born admissions despite promises

Schools minister Nick Gibb is under fire for “failing to act” nearly two years after promising to stop the...

John Dickens
John Dickens