Schools: Admissions
Commons · Question 84524 · 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, what recent discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) academy trusts on ensuring a consistent national approach to the admission of summer-born children.
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...