what age is a student
There’s no age requirement for admission to Cambridge, although the vast majority of undergraduates are 18 years or older when they start their course. If you’ll be over 21 when you start your course you are classified as a mature student.
Applicants who’ll be under 18 on admission should seek advice from a College Admissions Tutor as early as possible to discuss their application. If they’re considering Medicine, they should also read the advice regarding age requirements for this course in the Medicine course entry.
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Provides an overview of changes to entitlements based on the age of the student and the year they came into effect.
Student Allowance eligibility is removed for those aged 65 years and over.
Every child, from the year after they turn 5 must be enrolled at and attending school, or an approved home education program. Children can also attend Kindergarten from 4 years of age.
This means that a child who has turned five on or by 1 January in any year must start Prep in that year, or be provided with approved home education.
Students who are the same age do not always have the same learning needs. For example, as shown in the figure below, students in the typical fourth grade classroom can range from first- to twelfth-grade reading level.
As you can see in the figure, most of the fourth grade students perform near the fourth grade reading level. However, a great many have reading achievement well above (or well below) the fourth-grade reading level. This means that their learning needs are quite different from the standard fourth-grade curriculum, as well as from their fourth-grade peers. Some argue that academically talented students don’t “need” services and can be challenged within the regular classroom. However, there is no evidence that most teachers can effectively teach twelve reading levels simultaneously without substantial support and training. This is not a criticism of teachers—juggling twelve sets of learning needs at one time is quite a task! Even common techniques, like forming small groups, put students performing three or more grade levels apart in the same group.
References:
http://www.studentjob.co.uk/ages
http://www.providers.studylink.govt.nz/helping-students/budget-change-summaries/students-age.html
http://www.education.tas.gov.au/parents-carers/parent-fact-sheets/age-child-startleave-school/
http://tip.duke.edu/resources/advocacy-tools/just-facts-handouts/student-age-and-learning-needs
http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/entrance-requirements/age-requirement