Because I've got a question: Do the older kids (ie. the ones born in September) do better than the younger kids (born in August the next year) generally do better on account of them being practically a year older?

It has long been one of the most hotly debated subjects at the school gate but a study has now confirmed what many parents suspected: summer babies are significantly less likely to be academically successful than their older classmates.

The research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that children born in August do worse in school tests, are more likely to struggle with reading and writing and then drop out when they reach 16.

It pretty much depends on how well the parents spend preparing their kids

4 years of awesome parenting > 5 years of rubbish parenting

Of today's eight, nine and 10-year olds 80% of girls born in September achieved the expected grades in their tests when they were seven compared with 53% of those born in August.

Some 80% of September-born boys reached the expected level at seven compared with 47% of those born in August.

Cor.

Eight, Nine, 10?

That must've been written by an august-born thicky.

Actually I think that is established journalistic guidelines. You type the whole word for numbers under 10, and then use the numerical version for numbers of 10 and above.

Much of a muchness really. Some people homeschool their kids who then pass their degrees when they're 12. Weirdos.

Not to mention that the older ones tend to be better at sports, and as such more socially acceptable at an early age.

Because I've got a question: Do the older kids (ie. the ones born in September) do better than the younger kids (born in August the next year) generally do better on account of them being practically a year older?

I was born in July, and I'm at least as intelligent as a 9-year old born in September.

i never noticed anything.









PS: i teached in the university