Children may start school at four in education shake-up - Education News, Education - The Independent

"Summer-born children should start their compulsory schooling at the age of four, a major government inquiry into the primary school curriculum will recommend tomorrow.
Plans for the biggest shake-up to primary schooling since the introduction of the national curriculum 20 years ago will be unveiled by Sir Jim Rose, the former Ofsted head of school inspections"

Children may start school at four in education shake-up - Education News, Education - The Independent

Coming from the country, where formal education starts at 6 (there is a compulsory one year in kindergarten so one could argue that it starts at five) I have always felt sorry for those kids here, who loose their playtime. And again here we go - another year less. I am definitely against this. How come that French and Scandinavian children can start later and still perform even better? And even more importantly when will ministers stop messing this country education by constant changes and initiatives?

Being here four years, I have already seen 3 changes in the way Ofsted works, Academies and Diplomas, SEAL pilot scheme at my school, change in National Curriculum, (welcomed) scrapping SATs... what about creating a system and let it work.

Change the content and methodology to respond do current issues. Don't change the system. And definitely not for the sake of change or just to show that you care about education.