Deferring primary school place for a year (Scotland)

[Mythreeknights]

My DD is 4.5, which means we had the option of either putting her into school now (aged 4.5, which is early for Scotland), or delaying her by a year. Due to a number of factors, including the fact she'd be going into a composite class P1-P4 with her brother in P4 who has learning difficulties, and the presence of a violent and sweary P2, as well as there being only 1 other child starting P1 in August who is 9 months older than DD and therefore a lot further ahead. I don't want DD to always feel like the slowest and the youngest. She also still sleeps during the day. So, we have deferred her. However she is very bright, can write her name, is interested in letters, can count to 20 etc, and I'm worried this will hold her back.
That said, evidence points to older children coping better at school, particularly now during the early years and later when doing final exams.
I'm not sure we've done the right thing....has anyone got a view or experience on this? Any tips on getting through what might be a long year at nursery for her?

[angelopal]

We decided to defer. Academically she would have been fine but didn't want her to struggle socially if she was younger than the others.

Completely happy with the decision. Also speaking to people the advice nowadays seems to be to wait. Also people regret not deferring but no one sees regret deferring.

[Groovee]

My Dd is 18, school hasn't really been an issue with deferring. She's always coped pretty well and the move from primary to high school went fairly smoothly compared to some friends DD's who were a year younger.

However she went to uni last week and admitted last night that she is struggling a bit with homesickness. It has made me glad that she's not 17 and is that year older. I think freshers week is maybe too much drinking with her just feeling overwhelmed and once she's in classes and lectures things may be much calmer.

I've never regretted our decision and still think sitting her exams at 16 was the right decision for her.