When will September born start school?

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Hi I need help to figure this out please!
my son was born on 4th September 2023, will he start school the September after he’s 5 (the cut off is 31st august) or can he start in the January after his 4th birthday? Thanks!

You're both right! Yes, the September child has 5 years at home before starting school - and yes, the September child lives at home for 19 years (ie one year longer than an August child) before leaving home for university

You're missing the point. At 4/5 it's an obvious point to make about the extra year, at 18/19 it's non-sensical. Factually it is correct, but the extra year at home was 14 years ago.

@katyakat It's uch an odd thing that you have decided to pick me up on, being deliberately obtuse.

Go and troll someone else.

I agree with @StripyHorse . DD1 will go to uni at nearly 19. DD2 at just turned 18. DD1 will therefore have an extra year living at home.
She didn’t have ‘an extra year at home’ before starting school, because they were both in full time nursery.

You get both...you get an extra year at home with them before they start school (some children will start school days after their 4th birthday, OP's son will be starting school on or around his 5th birthday) AND they are a year older (19 rather than 18) when they start University, so you get an extra year of them living at home before they move out.

I’m with @StripyHorse too and I have a September DC. I do not have an extra year ‘at home’ before 5 because DC went to full time private nursery.

What I do had was extra terms at nursery where I was paying thousands a month compared to a child born a month earlier. I also have to pay more one more year until DC leaves full time education for work. If the child goes to university, then a august born starts working at 21 and a September born at 22.

I pretty much feel that as an older parent looking at retirement.