Scotland - did you defer your dd/ds and what impact has this had in secondary?

[ificouldbeacamera]

Hi there,
I'm trying to decide whether or not to defer ds who turned 4 right at the end of December. I've done a lot of research into it, and thought about it constantly - still can't decide. I think he would probably be ok in P1 and maybe throughout primary - nursery have said he's probably ready, but my concern really is beyond that eg how will he cope in secondary if he's one of the youngest children, and also how will this impact on sitting S grades effectively nearly a year younger than some children in the class.

I'd love to hear anyone's experiences of deferring/not deferring and how this has impacted (hard to quantify, I know) on their dc's experiences at secondary.
thanks

there isnt automatic deferral for a December birthday so the nursery would need to be onside if you needed funding for an extra year. I was a November birthday and went to Uni at age 16 (got a 2:1 honours degree at the age of 20).

My middle son is a feb and we deferred him. Huge benefit for him and generally usually for all in obvious ways. If he is happy at nursery then I wouldn't give it another thought but that should be part of the decision as well i.e. what will he be doing for the year he doesn't go to school.