When is correct letter formation taught?

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My son is age 7.5 and about to enter into Year 3. He has never been taught correct letter formation and doesn't write his letters in the correct way. I asked the school and they said this comes naturally however so many of my family comment this is not correct and he needs to be taught.

Does your school teach this? If yes what age?

I'm referring to starting the line at the top when doing the letter d, p, A and other letters etc like in this image:

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He will have been taught correct letyer formation since he was in reception, possibly even nursery if that's when he began to show an interest in learning to write.

Although I would argue that if he forms his letters differently and his writing is legible then leave him be. Whilst not ideal many children and adults dont form their letters in the way they were taught. If he's confident and capable in his writing then im not sure why everyone is making such a huge fuss about how hes forming them.

Right from the beginning of reception.

Starting in Reception with mark making, beginning to form letters in Y1, and built on / practised / reinforced in every school year that follows.
It's part of the UK national curriculum (as a subsection of English) which you can easily find online.

Here is the curriculum extract for Y2:

Statutory requirements

Handwriting
Pupils should be taught to:
 form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another
 start using some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined
 write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower case letters
 use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters.
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
Pupils should revise and practise correct letter formation frequently. They should be
taught to write with a joined style as soon as they can form letters securely with the
correct orientation.

And the extract for Y3:

Statutory requirements
Handwriting
Pupils should be taught to:
 use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and
understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined
 increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting [for example, by
ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of
writing are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not
touch].
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
Pupils should be using joined handwriting throughout their independent writing.
Handwriting should continue to be taught, with the aim of increasing the fluency with
which pupils are able to write down what they want to say. This, in turn, will support their composition and spelling.

Some schools follow spelling schemes, some schools don't or have their own.
You could ask for your particular school's handwriting policy or it might be on their website.

Just as an aside - the letter 'd' doesn't start at the top.

"Does your school teach this? If yes what age?"
It's normally taught from the beginning of reception. Correct formation needs to be taught it certainly isn't natural. Normally letter formation is taught as each sound is introduced and reinforced in letter "families" (letters that start at the same point) so c, a, d, o, q, s, g start in an anti-clockwise direction (d doesn't start at the top)

Thank you all this is really helpful. DS said he has never been taught to write using the arrows to help form and from previous teacher meetings where I've asked it appears they don't focus directly on this (surprising given it's in the curiculumn). So I'll start teaching him myself using worksheets. Thank you all for the helpful feedback.

We use Read write inc from the start of Reception class to produce accurate writing.