Lexus & Amber Conway are identical twins who are less than 2 weeks old
They were born 65 minutes apart
But Amber’s date of birth is 31st August; for Lexus it is 1st September
The midwives alerted the parents to the fact that the twins are therefore born a year apart, in school terms
The parents asked the doctors to ‘fudge’ the paperwork; they could not
It is intriguing that midwives are so alert to this ‘problem.’ Perhaps they just want to take their own holidays in August
Or is there just no flexibility in state education in these days of SATS & league tables?
I hope somebody will be allowed to use their common sense as the girls progress through the system or the problem will presumably recur at 7, 11, 14, 16 and 18
