The higher the average age of a primary school reception year-group, the less likely children are recorded by teachers as having a ‘Good Level of Development’ in national end of year assessments, according to new LSE research.
The report, by Dr Tammy Campbell, follows her widely publicised previous findings that many summer-born children are inaccurately labelled as having special educational needs. This latest project – funded by the British Academy - shows that all children in a class are affected by its average age in end of year assessments. The higher the number of older children in the year-group, the lower the chances for everyone to be assessed as doing well, even autumn-born children.
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This article references research using data available in the UK Data Service collection:
National Pupil Database