School Starting age

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I posted this article on the Mumsnet Cambridge Facebook page & it has had an incredible 17,000 views & has been shared 95 times.

I thought I should link here too as it's obviously a subject that has piqued an interest.

Research from Cambridge University on School Starting Age

I was contemplating asking the author for a live webchat too if anyone is interested in putting questions to him?

Can I just point out that what DW is talking about is delaying the start of formal schooling, not of schooling altogether. Just to make sure there is no confusion. He is an advocate of play based schooling for longer than we currently have it.

Yes that's how I understood it - which seems really appealing to many I think.

I agree. Just wanted to make it clear because I've seen people use this as an argument that children shouldn't start school til 6 or 7 "like in Europe" which isn't the case.