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Too young to start school? |
23 Mar 2007 |
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An increasing numbers of local authorities and schools are only enrolling reception children in September, rather than having three termly intakes a year. As a result, many children are now starting school when they are just four years old instead of five or “rising five”.
Does starting school at such a young age damage a child’s educational and emotional development? Or, does a September-only intake stop summer-born children from falling behind, by giving them a full year in a reception class?
Jane Little talks to Sue Palmer, author and independent education consultant; Liz Steele, head teacher of Glemsford Primary School in Suffolk; James Kempton, vice chair of the children and young people board at the Local Government Association; and, Laura Warren, a parent and communications manager at the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations.
Toxic Childhood: How Modern Life is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It by Sue Palmer is published by Orion: ISBN-10: 0752880918Parentline Plus
Parenting UK
Advisory Centre for Education
Sue PalmerDisclaimer
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