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I have an August 30th daughter, who is now going into year 4, and is terribly behind. She joined a class of much bigger more advanced reception children, and seemed to decide that she could not compete, so she just got stuck. This is the view of the educational psychologist and the SENCO anyway. If I could have deferred her, I definitely would, although I do know other summer born children who have thrived. It is a massive worry for us, and we have spent thousands on tutoring, assessments etc. I am glad that finally the government is changing its stance, but it will take a long time to filter through the system. I asked our headmistress very recently what she thought, and she had literally never heard of the campaign, or the new policy!

Hi all,


I'm absolutely delighted that this has come into place. Sadly my summer born boy missed out on this deferral option, but had we been able to, I *absolutely* would have kept him back a year. My son has just finished year 3, and this has been the first year that he has actually enjoyed school (for enjoyed, I mean he didn't cry everyday at having to go), and we put that down a lot to him having to go to full time school when he was too young and not ready. Although he is friends with all the kids in his class, no matter when their birthdays are, there *is* a huge difference between him and the older children/boys, just because they ARE older (& mostly bigger), they were better at speaking and expressing themselves when they started school so got *heard* more, they got more attention - and that has had a huge impact on how he sees himself and how he is treated, and even how he compares himself to his peers.


He also started in reception in the year that only one point of entry in the September was introduced - a complete waste of time for him - he slept through most of it! I had to collect him from the reading corner where he was fast asleep pretty much everyday during that first term!


...and a note to add, that this does not seem to be the case for the younger girls in his class. School just seems to be much better suited to girls, well to those girls that are able to sit still and listen! MUCH trickier for little boys!


Good luck everyone.

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