August babies 'more likely to quit school at 16'

Children born in August do significantly worse in exams than classmates born 11 months earlier at the beginning of the academic year, a landmark study shows.

August-born boys are 12 per cent less likely than September-born boys to get good GCSEs and girls are 9 per cent less likely.

In addition, August-born youngsters are 20 per cent more likely to ditch academic study and learn a trade from the age of 16. They are 20 per cent less likely to go to an elite university. 

Read more at the Daily Mail.