To think a child born on the 5th august isn’t that young for their school year

[Penny779]

As there are still three weeks left of the academic year so still could be many children much younher

Depends on the class surely? Some children would be one of the youngest, some could have quite a few born later in August.

My son was born on the 30th. I think he was the youngest in his year. Left school at 15 and started work at 15.

In NI those born 30 June would be the youngest in their year so August born would be among the oldest.

My son is the second youngest in his entire year group (40) at school, and he’s born at the end of May! I’m not sure if the kind of parents who want a highly selective school are very reproductively organized, or whether the school is bad at admitting summer-born children in 7+ and 8+ tests. Either way, YABU. August-born children are very young for their year group.

As a reception teacher, June, July and August are young. 3/4 of the class will be older. The last two weeks of July-end of August are the babies! (Won’t be 5 by the end of the year)

I was born on the 2nd August and was the youngest in my school year (class of 30).

My DD has a birthday on 7th August . Only her best friend was younger than her with her birthday on the 26th . They were also the brightest in the class .

My daughter is an August birthday and although she struggled a little bit in the first couple of years she caught up quickly and has actually said to me she'd be furious if I kept her back a year 🙈 she's 15 now and like most kids is desperate to leave school, if I'd have kept her back she'd have another year and would have probably never forgiven me 😂