A CALL to raise the formal school starting age to six has been backed by SNP members, with the “door left open” to increase it by another year if evidence shows it works.
Delegates in Aberdeen voted overwhelmingly to back a resolution which called for the Scottish Government to introduce a “statutory play-based kindergarten stage” for three to six-year-olds, similar to early years education in Nordic countries.
An amendment which called for the option of extending this to seven-years-old to be kept open in the future if this is successfully implemented was also backed by SNP members.
