The schools admissions guidance has been updated to end confusion over when children have to legally start school, and clarifies the difference between when a council has to provide a school place and the right of parents to choose their child’s start date.
According to the School Admissions Code a council must make available a place in September following their fourth birthday.
But the guidance stresses that a child does not have to attend school until the first of three ‘prescribed’ days, December 31, March 31 or August 31, that follow their fifth birthday. Read full article…