A school year lasts from September to the following August. Your child is entering Grade 1. Contact the municipal administration or school if you want your child to start at reception instead. You don`t have to agree. Some schools offer a 1-year GCSE program in Grade 11 for international students. These one-year intensive courses are available to students aged 15 and over with the appropriate academic level from their own country. Fewer subjects are studied (maximum 6). If your child attends boarding school, you must appoint a British guardian. Bright World can help you with this service. If your application is refused, you will have the choice to proceed with your child`s application and accept a place in the normal age group or to refuse the place offered, skip the year of admission and submit an application to start in Grade 1 the following year. But while it may seem like starting school is an important step in your child`s development, there is some flexibility. All children aged 3 to 4 in England are entitled to free early education before going to school full-time.

You are not expected to provide evidence to support your request to defer your application, but if you do, it must be specific to the child in question. This may include reports from medical or educational psychologists. There is no legal requirement that this medical or educational evidence be obtained from an appropriate professional, but failure to provide may affect a school`s ability to accept a deferral of admission. The Ministry of Education has confirmed that it does not anticipate that children generally have to postpone their admission to school or receive instruction outside their age group simply because of the coronavirus outbreak. Your child must start full-time education as soon as he or she reaches school age. It`s December 31, March 31 or August 31 after his fifth birthday – whichever comes first. If your child`s fifth birthday is on one of these dates, they will reach school age on that day. Although most children start school in September after reaching the age of four, they are not required to be in school until they reach school age. It is a fixed point in the year following its fifth anniversary. British boarding schools provide students with an excellent education and help them develop their skills and get to university. All boarding schools in the UK must meet strict government standards for the quality of their teaching, facilities and pupil care.

If you wish to postpone your child`s start date, you will need to apply for a place at school so that they can attend school at the standard time (i.e. In September after his fourth birthday), but at the same time should submit your late entry application. The school should tell you how to apply. Some primary schools are divided into nursery and junior schools. These are usually separate schools on the same premises. The age range of infants (Key Stage 1) ranges from 5 to 7 years. The junior age group (Key Stage 2) ranges from 7 to 11 years old. The age groups at primary school level are: However, many children receive an education from the age of 3 or 4 by attending a kindergarten group, a playgroup or the kindergarten or host class of a primary school. It`s up to your parents to decide if you go to school before the age of 5.

Parents often want to use their child`s year of admission to take a semester break before academic pressures mount, but schools often advise against it. However, from a legal point of view, it is not illegal for you to take your child out of school for a vacation before they reach school age. The school is required to mark your child as present or absent, but is not required to note whether their absence is approved. This means schools can`t refuse leave, mark it as unauthorized, or fine you if you remove them from school – although they can still encourage you to follow normal school procedures and write a letter or fill out a form to explain your child`s absence. In order for your child to start the admission year the following September, a full year after being first eligible, you will need approval from the school`s admissions authority. This is because a new application would be required for a subsequent round of admission so that your child can be considered for a location outside their age group and with a younger group of children. The licensing authority takes its decision taking into account the School Admission Act and the opinion of the school head. Enter your child`s date of birth to find out when to go to school and when to apply for a place at school. To apply for admission to the year of admission outside the normal age group, you must contact the principal of each preferred school as early as possible during the application period for the child`s date of birth. This gives the school and the admissions authority enough time to make a decision before the deadline. Tutoring colleges start at the age of 15 and have a more flexible programme offering that focuses on quick access to UK universities. You have the right to send your child to school full-time from September after the fourth birthday, provided that a place has been allocated to him.

While schools are free to offer a privileged integration process, parents reserve the right to formally require the school to provide their child with a full schedule at the beginning of the school year. An FE college is an institution that provides education to people over the age of compulsory education (16 years). There are many types of FE colleges, including sixth form colleges, colleges, and adult education institutes. FE colleges are run by the state and, as such, EU members joining the EU can benefit from free education. There is also a competitive fee structure for international students from non-EU countries. All students study English, mathematics, science, humanity and modern language. In addition to these subjects, each school has a list of optional subjects (art, music, drama, Latin, sports science, design technology, computer science), and students can choose certain subjects that interest them. Deferred applications will be treated in the same manner as all applications in the next round of admission, and offers will be made in accordance with each school`s over-enrolment criteria. It seems that only yesterday you started changing diapers and bathing your newborn. Now it`s time to fill out their school application form. Once a student reaches the age of 16, they can begin a 2-year program leading to A (advanced) exams.

Students specialize in 3 or 4 subjects, which are usually relevant to the field of study they wish to pursue at university. A-Levels are government exams and are recognised by all UK universities and institutions around the world.