Not at our school a parent wanted to keepThat’s not true. Lots of parents defer school entry for their summer born children now, and as long as they have an agreement with the school, they start in Reception and carry on with that cohort all the way through school.
Oh well, I just know at our school it is, we have a special needs child that the parents wanted to stay in nursery for an extra year and they were told by the dfe that If they do they will skip reception and go straight to year one (which luckily they’ve seen sense as reception is such an important year for them)That’s not true. Lots of parents defer school entry for their summer born children now, and as long as they have an agreement with the school, they start in Reception and carry on with that cohort all the way through school.