British school system (and Hermione's age)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Dai Evans" <dai_evans at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., A.E.B.Bevan at o... wrote:
> <long explanation of british school entry times>
> 
> well, this wasn't how it worked for me.
> 
> I was born on the 13th August 1980 and I started school September 
> 1984; when I was 4. So the system was effectively just a 1st of 
> September cut off date.
> 
> This has been my experience all the way through school and I have 
> only ever met one person in my year whose birthday fell after 1st 
> September 1980, and his parents had to take the local autority to 
> Court in order to get him in a year ahead.
> 
> 
> 
> Dai

Hi everyone,
   My birthday is Sept 30th (1980) and I began school in August 1985 
but turned 5 a month or so into the year. I was always one of the 
youngest in my year. So if Harry and Hermione had gone to school with 
me, Harry would be a few months older than both Hermione and myself.