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Introduction

Time spent at school is an important part of everyone's life. However, it must be remembered that school is only part of the larger picture of development and the time of most rapid development has already happened in the period from birth to preschool.

For multiple birth children, the presence of their co-multiple(s) may bring additional challenges, often starting with the question of whether it is better to keep them in the same class or to separate them. But there are other issues such as the ability and school achievement of multiples relative to each other as well as to other children. Adolescence and secondary school bring additional challenges to the multiple birth family as the young people become independent and develop separate interests and aspirations.

There is information here for parents, for teachers and for adolescent multiples. But the information can serve also to shape school and Education Department policy and so is also summarised in an appropriate form in the section on best practice.