Summer born v Autumn born children in the 4+ Assessment
/So your child is summer born and they are going to be doing their 4+ Assessment in the next 6-10 months. You breathe in a sigh of relief because the school you desperately want to send your child to has told you that your child will be grouped in terms of age. You imagine that this means that your child will be assessed differently to their winter born peers and you would be wrong about this.
Children are grouped into age groups (at most 4+ Assessments) but please don’t take this to mean that they will be assessed differently to their peers who are older than them.
I’ve never spoken to one single parent who has ever told me that their child was assessed differently compared to a child who is winter born.
The Assessments will not be different for your child just because they are summer born.
Why would they be?
Do you really think that these top independent schools have the time to differentiate their Assessment procedure for summer born children? No they do not.
Prepare your child in the exact same way as a child who is nearly a year older than them will be prepared.
If you don’t, it is highly likely that they will not be ready for their 4+ Assessments and it is very likely that they will not pass.
Their percentage will be adjusted to give them their final mark but only ever so slightly.
At the end of the day, if your child is unable to fulfil the criteria of the school assessing them, they will not pass - regardless of their age.
