Hi, I am new to mumsnet as my family just moved back to London from Shanghai. My daughter who is 10 (with birth date in October 2006) has just finished primary school in Shanghai (equivalent to Year 6 in UK) and is ready to go to Year 7 this Sept. However, the school admission team of Southwark (where we are staying) said she is not within the range of school age for Year 7 (which is between 1 Sept 2005- 31 Aug 2006) and therefore not allowed to enrol to a secondary school. I think this is really upsetting as she is a mature kid and very ready to get onto the secondary school after her primary school education. While she was the youngest in her class (Shanghai's school age cut-off date is end of Dec), she always performed like her peers in the class. May I know anyone in the group that may experience the same situation and can share information? And also whether it is true that no state school will accept my daughter for year 7 (or consider her application) because she does not meet the age requirement? Many thanks in advance!