Parents, children, head teachers and early years professionals are to be consulted about the age at which they think children in the borough should start school, and will be able to opt for an earlier school starting age.
Stakeholders can choose from six options, which include allowing children to start school in the terms after their third, fourth or fifth birthdays. Interested parties can also opt to keep the current system in place, which allows children to start school at age four in either the autumn, spring or summer term.
Conservative councillor Norman Jorgensen, the lead member for children's services at Wokingham Borough Council, said the consultation is necessary because the current system was introduced in 2000 and has yet to be reviewed.
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