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Summer-born pupils 'doing worse'
Published: 06 December, 2007
Summer-born children do significantly worse in exams than those born earlier in the school year, research suggests. Analysis of exam results in England's state schools showed August-born pupils were less likely to get five good GCSEs than those born in September. The biggest factor affecting children's performance was the age at which they sat the tests, the Institute for Fiscal Studies report suggested. It called for more flexibility in when national tests were taken. The IFS report compared the percentages of children born in August who achieved the level expected for their year group with those of children born in September. Related articles: 
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