Schools: Admissions
Commons · Question 84523 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing simplified guidance for (a) parents and (b) schools on how requests for (i) deferred entry and (ii) out-of-cohort progression are handled.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 31 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...