Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 84523
Schools: Admissions
Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025
Question
Manuela Perteghella
Liberal Democrat — Stratford-on-Avon
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
Georgia GouldThe 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...
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