Written questions

Schools: Admissions

Commons · Question 84522 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that guidance on the progression of summer-born children from primary to secondary education is applied (a) clearly and (b) consistently across all schools.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 30 Oct 2025

The department keeps its guidance for schools and parents about requests for summer born children to be admitted out of their normal age group under review and updates it as required.The guidance for schools is available here: https://www.gov.uk/governmen...