What kind of birth year is this year's candidates?

imustbecrazy · Post by **imustbecrazy** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:48 pm

Kind of a random question here, but reading some threads from last year I keep reading it was a low birth year last year. Does anyone know what this year? It seems to me there are more girls (girls girls everywhere it seems)

DD2 whose taking test has 11 girls and only 2 boys from her class taking the test!

Amber · Post by **Amber** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:02 pm

Live births 2000-2010

807,271 2010
790,204 2009
794,383 2008
772,245 2007
748,563 2006
722,549 2005
715,996 2004
695,549 2003
668,777 2002
669,123 2001
679,029 2000

From Office for National Statistics. No idea how many are girls

Sorry tried to space this better but it wasn't having any of it.

PS- The ONS site is a mine of fascinating but not exactly shocking information: for example, the name Holly is more popular among girls born in December than at other times of the year; and the name Summer is more popular in, er, Summer.

imustbecrazy · Post by **imustbecrazy** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:51 pm

Wow so 2002 was the lowest, interesting the birth rate was higher during less economically positive times. Thank you Amber for those numbers!

littlebaker · Post by **littlebaker** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:02 pm

Why interesting? If you can't afford to go out you 'stay in'!

RedVelvet · Post by **RedVelvet** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:10 pm

A nursery owner also told me cold winters play a part!

imustbecrazy · Post by **imustbecrazy** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:30 pm

littlebaker, true but kids are expensive!

littlebaker · Post by **littlebaker** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:34 pm

yes but you only realise how expensive AFTER you have them

Amber · Post by **Amber** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:20 pm

littlebaker wrote:yes but you only realise how expensive AFTER you have them

Yeah in my limited experience the moment of conception is rarely a time for discussion of the potential cost-benefit analysis.

Dande · Post by **Dande** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:02 pm

Did a tour of a boys' school this week, and the head mentioned that 2002 was a low birth rate, and that there were more girls - therefore the intake to the boys' school would be less fierce... No statistics to back this up, but that's what was said.

Sunshine 11 · Post by **Sunshine 11** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:36 pm

Gloucestershire schools I have visited have indicated a low birth rate in the county for this year's Y6s. Therefore, they are desperate to get bottoms on seats for funding. This can only work in your favour

our school has been inundated from letters to parents inviting them to open evenings from schools well out of catchment, a telling sign x

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