Below a list of additional evidence submitted to the Education Committee following their invitation for views on the strength of the evidence in relation to the current policy on Summer Born Children and the effect of birth date on student achievement (my bold).
(Pottegård 2014) Children’s relative age in class and use of medication for ADHD: a Danish Nationwide Study.
Lack of relative age effect found “may be due to the high proportion (40%) of relatively young children held back by 1 year in the Danish school system”.
(Goodman 2003) Child psychiatric disorder and relative age within school year: cross sectional survey of large population sample.
(Angus 2004) The relative age effect and the development of self-esteem.
(Head 1999) Understanding the Boyes: Issues of Behaviour and Achievement.
Too early formalisation of learning is known to affect boys more profoundly than girls and the likely consequence is boys’ alienation from education and learning.
(RR424 DFES; Malcolm 2003) Absence from School: A study of its causes and effects in seven LEAs.