Twins born less than an hour apart might be in different year groups in school
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7606885.stm
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Lexus Conway was born in Northampton just before midnight on 31 August, about 45 minutes ahead of sister Amber, who came into the world on 1 September. The twins were born less than an hour apart at the Barratt maternity unit but under current rules in education the twins are due to be split up at school as their birthdays straddle the dividing line for academic years.
Nevertheless, parents Sarah Conway, 37, and Ian Caldwell, 42, are determined the twins will be taught together and the local authorities have promised to look into the case and make a decision nearer the time the twins are due to start school.
Mr Caldwell, 42, a twin himself, said the family would either have the girls taught at home or move to Spain, where he has relatives and where there is a different academic year.
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abbym0308
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I would imagine it would have huge implications, both educationally and socially. Kids are their own biggest critics and take every opportunity to poke fun at one another. I can just image the schoolyard taunting that would go on if they were separated.
- 4 years ago
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abbym0308
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LindseyIndigo
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That's ridiculous - number-crunching gone crazy, yet again. Good one British bureaucracy. Hopefully both these children will be put in the later academic year, so they'll be the very oldest in their class that autumn. This would give them the best chance in education (as summer-born children tend to do worse than others at school - see the link). I bet some scientists and educationalists out there would be interested in charting these twins' progress if they were put in two separate year groups though. I wonder if there would be huge differences in learning?
- 4 years ago
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LindseyIndigo
