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Higher multiples

Separating triplets and higher multiples may be more difficult as many schools do not have enough classes per year group. Should placement be based on ability, with the most similar ones being placed in the same class-so one teacher has the two most able and the other two least able, sometimes with one or more needing significant intervention? Or should one of the more able and one of the less able multiples be placed in the same class, to even the load on the teacher? There are families who have spoken about worked best for them in such a situation. However, what worked for them may not work for another family. There are no easy solutions (and no research to draw upon).

What we can do here is indicate some key areas for consideration. The checklist for twins may be adapted for higher multiples by adding further columns. However, the complexities of higher multiples needs to be remembered e.g. with quads there may be four non-identical children, two sets of identical twins, one set of identical twins and one set of non-identical twins etc.