Scottish school cut-off dates- Hermione's birthday riddle solved?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 109338

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...> 
wrote:

Asian_lorv2:
> Not to be a nitpicker or anything, but I'd like to point out that
> Hogwarts while IN Scotland, is not a Scottish school.
> 
> Although, I admit that we have nothing but real world schools to use
> as a reference point. 
> 
> Just curious, is it Feb/Mar of the year in which you start school, 
or
> is it Feb/Mar of the following year? Example; turn 11 Feb/Mar of 
2000,
> start school Sept 2000, or start school Sept 2000, turn 11 in 
Feb.mar
> 2001?

geoff:
I would suspect that it follows the English/Welsh pattern in that you 
are already 11 when you enter the First Year/Year 7.