Summer Kids Disadvantaged or not in their 4+ Assessments?

What do you think about this?

I know my current clients and parents that I speak to each and every day have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this.

So far this week I have spoken to several potential new clients who have told me that their 'summer born child will be disadvantaged in their 4+ Assessment' 

Here are 3 reasons why I disagree. 

1. Having taught children for nearly 20 years both as a nursery practitioner and as a teacher, let me tell you that I have of course worked with thousands of children who are summer born. I have worked with summer born children who have been labelled as 'behind' and I have worked with some summer born children who have been labelled as achieving at mastery. 

2. I have taught hundreds of summer born children in preparation for their 4+ Assessments who have been incredibly successful. 

3. My own son is summer born and I will never ever say the sentence above. 

I remember when I worked as a teacher at a top pre-prep in Hampstead that one of my students really stood out. He articulated himself so well, he was polite and charming. He was very intelligent and was successful at all of his target schools at 4+. He was August born. I remember that his mother was always telling me about how 'unfair' it was that he was going to be Assessed with children who were almost a whole year older than him and I remember telling her that she had nothing to worry about. 

And she didn't. 

As long as you prepare your child properly for their 4+ Assessments, you have nothing to worry about either. I don't pay any attention to the month of birth of my students. They are all prepared in a way that will allow them to go in and shine in any 4+ Assessment. 

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