Studies on benefit of keeping siblings together

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you know of any studies on the benefit of keeping siblings together or know of any evidence from the Catholic education service on siblings.

You mean in the same class?

At the same school keeping families together

I'm assuming this is for an appeal. If so, you need specific evidence about your children and their needs, not a general study.

Usually this happens when the older child attends school and either the parents have moved or the catchment has reduced, or a larger intake of LAC or similar

They changed the rules and dropped siblings down the list.

Mine by choice went to different schools, twins. The school run was manic but doable, and suited them perfectly fine.

Being siblings is no longer an advantage to getting into a good school.

I doubt there's been a study, otherwise there would have Ben a bigger protest when the rules changed

Agree with PatriciaHolm. An appeal panel will not be interested in a general study showing that siblings benefit from being kept together. They will only be interested if there is specific expert evidence showing that these siblings have a particular need to be at the same school.

I am, in any case, not aware of any evidence that having siblings at the same school is beneficial to the children. It can be difficult for the parents if their children are at different schools but that is not a consideration at appeal.

I don't think there is any such evidence.

Some schools (and IMO most secondaries) simply don't have sibling priority. Other have siblings handled differently depending on whether the they are in catchment or nor. I agree that this is because the benefit is to the logistics of the family, not the child.

If you had boy girl siblings the evidence points to precisely the opposite - that they learn better in a single sex environment.

Actually, even if you have siblings of the same sex, they can often be better apart. Certainly true for me, so dc2 wasn't overshadowed by extrovert dc1. You have to choose the best school for each child.

I am interested in this subject, not for an appeal but just to help with school choices. I like the idea of my DC going through school with similar experiences. My thinking is that it is nice for DC to have a common thread and to be there to support each other - at the moment if one of my DC is sad in the playground, the other will play with them or chat things through with them. But are those benefits outweighed by having each DC at a school which is perhaps more "right" for their individual academic level. Interested in views of any experts in this area.

I did take a look and I haven't found any studies into this at all. The evidence appears to be entirely anecdotal. Some think it helps to have siblings at the same school where they can give each other social support, particularly if they have just moved into the area. Others think it can be damaging. My younger sister certainly thinks she suffered from attending the same schools as me. I don't really have a view but, for what it is worth, my children have attended the same schools.

You won't find it, there are no benefits to keeping siblings together, why would there be? Some siblings like being at school together, some hate each others guts, some treat each other terribly. We have more bullying, violence and thefts between siblings than between non siblings. Just this week one boy didn't have lunch all week, because his elder brother had forced him to give over all his lunch money.