Barnet Council has decided that the children should move straight into year 8 because of the number of "over-age" children applying for places in Year 7. The council has set up a working group to tackle the problem of children being taught out of the appropriate year group.
"I have not come across this before but parents need to be concerned," said a spokeswoman for the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations.
"Year 7 is a very important transition stage for children - there is a huge difference between year 6 and 8. Children need time to adapt to the different style of learning in secondary school."
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