Daisy Cooper: ...of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 202520 on Special Educational Needs, on what date he plans to publish additional guidance on school admission for summer-born children with an Education, Health and Care Plan.
Daisy Cooper: ...of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2023 to Question 189672 on Special Educational Needs, when he plans to decide whether to issue additional guidance on school admission for summer born children with an Education, Health and Care Plan.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 187808 on Special Educational Needs, and with reference to her Department's guidance Summer born children: advice for admission authorities, published on 27 April 2023, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing additional guidance for summer born children with an...
Rosie Duffield: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a summer-born child with an Education, Health and Care Plan has the right to apply to (a) start and (b) maintain education outside their chronological year group as a compulsory school age start set out in the Admissions Code.
Lord Storey: ...education, extracurricular options and a diversifying curriculum. I turn to assessment. It should—must—be a continuous process, not an outdated requirement to turn up to an exam hall in the summer months and sit an exam for two and a half to three hours; that takes no account of summer-born children, by the way. What happens if a poor girl has started her period? What happens if there...
Kim Leadbeater: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to issue renewed guidance in relation to summer-born children; and if he will take steps to allow parents a greater degree of choice in deciding in what year a child should begin school.
Robin Walker: Most children start school in the September following their 4th birthday. The department has not made an assessment of the effect of deferring school entry on children who were born in August. In September 2020 the department published guidance for local authorities and advice for parents on delaying entry to school for summer born children. This includes guidance on transition to secondary...
Chris Lyttle: ...at Further Consideration Stage to include premature children in the Bill. The Assembly Research and Information Service (RaISe) detailed extensively the potential gap in attainment between summer-born and other children. The youngest in class across Northern Ireland have been over-represented in referrals to the educational psychology service, and primary-school teachers have been more...
Chris Lyttle: ...school starting age and receipt from the Assembly's Research and Information Service of thorough and comprehensive research, which details extensively the potential gap in attainment between summer-born children and others. The youngest children in classes across Northern Ireland have been over-represented in referrals to the Educational Psychology Service, and primary-school teachers in...
Lord Storey: My party would like to welcome the Minister to her new role and wish her well. We also pass on our best regards to her predecessor. My question to the Minister is about summer-born children; she will know that children who are born in the summer could miss a year, 11 months, 10 months or nine months of schooling. Why is no consideration taken of this fact in the guidance regarding assessment?
Baroness Barran: ...did an excellent job in using their collective experience to assess students in 2021. These grades reflect students’ hard work in a hugely challenging year. Whatever month of the year a child is born, schools are dedicated to providing for the needs of each child to help prepare them for a successful education. Teachers understand that children have different starting points when...
Baroness Berridge: ...or additional needs. The RBA will enable us to do this in a fairer way. The noble Lords, Lord Knight and Lord Storey, and the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, mentioned the different cohorts and summer-born and autumn-born pupils. This is a measure of a cohort in those schools, so summer and autumn-born pupils will be spread across the country. A school will not be disadvantaged because the...
Nick Gibb: The Department published updated guidance for local authorities and parents on the admission of summer born children in 2020 to help ensure that parents can make an informed decision about what is right for their child, and that admission authorities make decisions that are in the best interests of the child. In May, the Department published the results of our latest research surveys of local...
Richard Fuller: ...what recent assessment he has made of the impact on children of different local authority policies on school age start dates; and what he plans he has to amend the school admissions code to enable summer-born children to start reception at age five where that is what their parents want.
Summer-born and Premature Children
Paul Maynard: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on amending the school admissions code to enable summer-born children to start reception at five years old.
Darren Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans for summer-born children to be given automatic admission to secondary school for children who currently have a delayed start.
School Admissions Code: Summer-born Children
Baroness Berridge: ...have been open throughout this period for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers. The Secretary of State made it clear in the other place that we need a plan for beyond the summer. We are working with the stakeholders that have been outlined to ensure that we can deliver the catch-up across the summer and into the next academic year. In fact, local REACT teams are working...
Stephen Hammond: The Government are rightly committed to levelling up and creating opportunities. Two small changes to the admissions code would change the life chances of so many summer-born children. Could we have a debate in Government time on making changes to the admission code, to benefit the summer-born?