A PROUD Worcester mum who brought up an August-born child says Britain's school system is working just fine - and has urged any changes to its entry system to be resisted.

As your Worcester News revealed two weeks ago a Worcestershire councillor says so-called 'August babies' suffer a "devastating" unfairness by having to start school so young.

Councillor June Griffifths wants the county council to investigate their exam results, saying she is convinced starting school having just turned four is too young.

Worcester mum Teresa Green, of Warndon Villages, has a son called Nick who turned 13 in August last year.

Mrs Green, a 47-year-old who runs her own PR firm said her son, who goes to Droitwich High School, is "flying through the system" without any issues.

The teenager went to Sytchampton First School and Westacre Middle School before progressing under the three-tier system to Droitwich High.

Mrs Green, a former assistant editor of the Kidderminster Shuttle, said: "This issue about August-born children is always rearing its head, but I think there has to be a cut off somewhere.

"He went to nursery in Worcester four days a week so I felt that when school came around he was ready, and he was used to the discipline.

"He's had no problems at all, he's flying through the system and the fact he was an August baby was never an issue.

"We would always spend time reading with him and he's very hard working anyway, so there was never any issues about him not keeping up.

"They do seem very small and we know if he was born in September, he'd have been starting school a whole year after.

"But it's not that big a jump - everyone time this issue is raised I think 'here we go again'."

In recent weeks many other parents with August-born children have contacted this newspaper saying similar things.

Councillor Griffiths said she feared many smaller children are "pushed aside" at school due to the wide age differences and never catch up, urging a rethink over it.

At the age of four UK children already start school earlier than most other European countries, where formal education is delayed until six or even seven.

Education bosses at County Hall have said they will not compare any differences in exam results locally, insisting the key to lessening the risk of any disparities is extra parental support.