Bets time to have a baby with respect to schooling

Lunar_Eclipse

Carl31 wrote: »

Academic ability is genetic and from nurture

Yep, agree with this.

*Louise*

My children are June / July / October, so none are either the oldest or youngest in their year groups (Scotland, so intake is Mar- Feb) birth month wasn't ever something I ever contemplated. I would say my July child is the most academic, so it doesn't prove the theory for me.

I think that the amount of work teaching a child by the main caregiver(s) before the child even starts school makes all the difference in the world, much more important than the month of birth.

DS4215

I believe statistically that the average GCSE points drops by 1.5% per birth month after September. However, this takes into account all children (gifted and educationally challenged are statistically equally likely in any month), so it doesn't make any difference to an individual child.

So in general, the birth month does matter but only as a quantitative measure and for an individual child it is down to their own circumstances.

jasminebro2

My daughter was born in October and everyone said that's great as she will have the advantage being old in her school year. However, I was born in July and always at the top of the class and messed around a lot and got very lazy because I never had to try and keep up. I am now worried about my daughter being bored when she is at school because she cannot start school until September when she is nearly 5 and she already seems to be at the level of what they are teaching in reception.
So it's impossible to know if being old or young will be an advantage and not worth considering unless you particularly feel that academic success has always been a problem within your family.

Felicity

I have a little boy who was born in winter.

We had tried for numerous years to conceive and it just didn't happen so I too think this question is very odd (many heartbroken times in the past for me and hubby).

He is bright, intelligent, caring, considerate, kind. I volunteer regularly at the school he is at so have a good insight into his school life and his little chums.

How does he compare academically to his school friends that were born in spring, summer and autumn? I have no idea because the question has never crossed my mind.

He is happy, he has lots of friends and they all live very happy carefree little lives. That is all that matters.