Guidance

Summer born children: advice for admission authorities

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

From:
Department for Education
Published
27 April 2023

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:

Published 27 April 2023