Solihull council presumably wrote:
In Solihull it is usual for children to be taught in the year group according to their chronological age. This is entirely appropriate for the vast majority of children whose needs can be supported by experienced school staff and the opportunities offered by the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
I love this. I wonder which of the experienced pedagogues and child psychologists (haha!) responsible for churning out this piece of propaganda has enough specialist knowledge to judge what is 'entirely appropriate' for the 'vast majority' of 4 year olds. I particularly like 'the opportunities offered by the EYFS curriculum' and would be interested in an expansion of what those opportunities actually consist of. The opportunity to get started on formal learning 2 or 3 years before the rest of the world believes it to be desirable or 'entirely appropriate' perhaps?
Sorry, personal rant...this kind of Big Brother speak gets right up my nose.