Education Services - Information in relation to delayed entry and deferred entry to a school year.

The Education Services team have seen an increase recently in the number of requests being received from parents, in relation to delaying a child's to school, who are already attending a school and, in many cases, are of Compulsory School Age (CSA). Several requests have also been received by the local authority relating to children who are already on roll at a school, who are requesting to be educated out of their chronological year group at the same school.

Schools play an important role in this process, at every age and Key Stage (from Foundation to Sixth Form) so it is imperative that all parties are aware of the processes involved, as well as the responsibilities of schools and the decisions that Head teachers will be expected to make. Some of these decisions will be solely the responsibility of the school and others will require input from both schools and the local authority.

We would therefore like to bring to your attention to our EOYG Process Chart and an accompanying Glossary of Terms, which have been developed by the School Admissions team. We encourage you to refer to these documents whenever your school is approached by a family who are considering requesting that their child be educated outside of their chronological year group, including requests to delay a child's entry into Reception.