What school years would this be

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If one child is born end of sept 22 and another is February 2024 will they be one school year apart or two ? Thank you

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Child 2 is in a class with kids born September 2023-August 2024

One year apart in England.
Child 1’s class will be birthdays Sep 22-Aug 23
Child 2’s class will be birthdays Sept 23-Aug 24
(I know the Scottish do things differently, not sure about elsewhere)

One apart. Child One would start in September 2027 and Child Two in September 2028.

Sorry should have mentioned we're in England.
Wow only one school year apart !!

Yes only one, this isn’t as unusual as it was when I was growing up. It should be fine

Why is that surprising? They're not even 18 months apart in age and one will be amongst the oldest in their year 🤷‍♀️

I was thinking this, they are 17 months apart. It would feel different if the second was August 2024 so they were 23 months apart but only one school year

Well I'm obviously thick as I couldn't work it out 😂

This is the gap in her with my girls. It was so convenient when it came to schooling. Nothing much changes in a year.

Oh this is nice to hear. I do like the fact they will have each other in ks1. How do your girls get on in general ? Do you have any tips for surviving ? 😆

There is 19 months between DS1 and DD and then 26 months between DD and DS2

Due to the way the birthdays fall DS1 and DD are 1 school
year apart and DD and DS2 are 3 school years apart!

They get on really well and mostly always have done. The older girl used to find her sister a bit annoying, and the early teens were a bit much at times, but they're so close now.

They're very different but you can tell they're sisters when you see them together.

Enjoy them. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

It’s something I encountered twice growing up but seems more usual now.

It can seem surprising... our friends have a larger age gap between their children than we do, yet theirs are 1 school year apart and ours are two.