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Guidance

Summer-born children: advice for admission authorities

Guidance for local authorities and school admission authorities on admissions for children born in the summer.

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From:
Department for Education
Published:
27 May 2021
Last updated:
28 November 2024
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  1. We have made an update to the 'Handling requests for admission out of normal age group' section to clarify that secondary schools should ensure that parents receive a response to a request for admission out of the normal age group before secondary national offer day (and not when the normal admissions round closes).

  2. First published.

Applies to England

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Guidance on handling admission requests for summer-born children

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This guidance is for:

  • local authorities
  • school admission authorities

There is separate advice for parents of summer-born children.

It sets out information about requests to delay the admission of summer-born children to reception.

You should read it in conjunction with the School Admissions Code.

Reports on the findings of surveys of local authorities and parents of summer-born children who have asked to delay their child’s admission to reception are available:

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