The School Admissions Code

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 21 November 2018.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 1:33, 21 November 2018

Cabinet Secretary, I was born on 28 August. I think I first raised this issue over 10 years ago, and I think we need to be even more radical, because I was young for my physical age as well as being born on 28 August. I think I was often 18 months behind many of the people that were in the same class year as me. It caused reading and writing difficulties when I was in primary school, and it wasn't until the very end of secondary school that I started to achieve close to my intellectual potential. This is a real issue, and we need to have children in the appropriate year group, which may not be exactly what's determined by the strict criteria of their age.