Is it ever possible to 'skip' a year?

[SuePurblybilt]

My DD is a Sept birthday so she just squeaked into Reception last year - born a bit earlier and she'd be finishing Year One now.

We're moving and the new schools have no room in Year One. If there is a space in Year 2, could I ask that she be moved up? So effectively skip year one?

She's very bright and reading/writing at that level already - spends the majority of her time with the Year 1 group atm and is ahead of them all in reading and writing (sorry - there's no way to put that without sounding smug and boasty. I'm not- just want to illustrate that she'd not struggle). She's strong across the board, physically tall and IMO socially developed enough to cope. As I said - it's only a matter of a few weeks between her and the youngest in the year above anyway. I know there are areas that she won't have covered but as she's been working with the year group and has the relevant basic skills (the maths and phonics stuff - the tools if you like) - would it be less of an issue perhaps?

I doubt if they have space anyway but does anyone know if this is even possible?

I will speak to the HT about it (HT of the new school) - the difficulty is that they'd be taking my word for it that she's ready so I doubt it's likely.

I don't think she would be at the bottom if she went up a year - she's working with that year group atm and is ahead of 99% of them if not all. But I take on board that it may happen later on. I certainly don't want to disadvantage her so that's something to think about - thanks.

I would go for it and have a CAT test?

Like other posters i skipped a year (age10) when going from junior to senior school, simply passed the entrance exam a year early and did v well. As others say it is later on when it matters - there was never any academic problem but i was the last to wear a bra etc at school and that is painful as a teenager.

There is also no advantage at the 'other end' - i could not use the gap year i was offered as i was too young to do anything interesting overseas, so went to university aged 17. That was fine but I had way more fun in the 2nd half ( aged 20-23) of my medical degree than the first (17-20), which i am sure was partly to do with age.

would not put my kids out of their natural year. Cons outwiegh the benefits.

my brother skipped 2 years beginning secondary and it caused him problems because he was behind emotionally as they went into puberty.
There are schools round us that move bright children up to the year above for certain subjects (Y3 boy doing maths in Y5 and then back to their own class) and so on. It is part of their gifted and talented programme.

I would always like my child to be the oldest rather than the youngest, and one of the reasons she is doing so well is that she is one of the oldest.

If you are moving now, it might be worth going on the waiting list, and appealing for the place in the school you want. If there is no-one else on the list, someone might well leave over the summer, so you would get a place before september. You can tell them you are home schooling for the last 2/3 weeks of term.

This happened to me when I was little, because I was storming through reading levels, so missed out Year One. Unfortunately, I went from top of the class to the bottom! Academically, I never got back on track and stayed pretty much near the bottom for the rest of school. I wish so much I hadn't been moved up, but my mother has this ridiculous notion that my siblings and I were all gifted (none of us are, myself in particular). I'm not saying being the year above my age was solely responsible for my fairly unimpressive academic record, but it certainly didn't help me to be bottom of a class of older children.

I'm moving in August but they won't take me on the waiting lists until I have a confirmed move date and paperwork with the address on etc . But I will go on them all ASAP - I'm clamouring for the paperwork atm .
At the worst I'll have to move her twice , which I really don't want to do but I don't see too many other options.