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

[sarah_haining]

No: HPFGUIDX 109344

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

Sarah:

Well yes, from my Scottish education, I can safely say that Hogwarts 
doesn't follow the normal curriculum! :) 

But as Jo was a teacher in a Scottish school and Hogwarts is 
supposedly set in Scotland, I figured that it made sense that she 
would simply use Scottish cut-off dates, especially when the English 
dates cause confusion as to how the trio are all in the same year.

 
Steve:
> > 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.

Sarah:

It is February/March of the following year you start, if I am 
answering your question correctly!! 

I think the cut off date may actually be the 28th of February, so, 
as an example, the oldest person in my year at school was a boy born 
on the 13th March 1984 (who was 5 and 5 months when he started 
school in August 1989) and the youngest was a girl born on the 26th 
of February 1985 (who was 4 1/2 in August 1989). Phew! I hope that 
makes sense!!