Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish her Department's consultation on the changes to the School Admissions Code proposed in September 2015 on allowing parents to defer their summer born children's entry into school by a year.

We have announced our intention to amend the School Admissions Code to support summer born children by allowing them to delay entry to the reception year until they are five and for those children to remain with that cohort as they progress through school.

We are currently considering whether any additional changes to the admissions system are necessary. Full details of proposed changes and of the consultation, including timings, will be announced in due course.