Some pupils start school with the ability to read at a low level, some can't even write their name.
Some 10,060 pupils on free school meals started university in 2005.
It allows pupils to start exam syllabuses at an earlier age if they are ready.
When pupils start playing, go round the class helping them, and making sure they understand the rules.
The case resurfaced in 2010, after former pupils had started a campaign on Facebook.
Geography is a subject which pupils start on entry to the school.
The first pupils started at the school on 19 December 1955, although it did not officially open until 20 January 1956.
Well, we started off as expected but then the pupils started asking:
In Somalia, pupils start primary school when they are 7 and finish it at the age of 11 starting from form 1 to form 4.
It is in this year that pupils start their Standard Grade courses.