The School Admissions Code

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 21 November 2018.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 1:30, 21 November 2018

I thank you for the answer, and I'm sure you're aware that the first day of school is an anxious time for parents and their children, and they often look at them and think that they're not ready; they're too little. But the parents of summer-born children in some cases might have genuine cause for concern, and they're now calling for more flexibility on those start dates. Cabinet Secretary, in response to a recent news report, the Welsh Government has said that a school admission code review would start this month. Are you able to update the Assembly on that? Is it under way and who is leading it, and what might the scope be of that review?