“…The relationship between RAE and attainment seem to be consistent apparent across subject, and the early RAEs seem to persist throughout the education process (Massey, Elliott, & Ross, 1996;Sharp, Hutchinson, & Whetton, 1994). Even more alarmingly, relatively younger students are overrepresented in referral to psychiatric support, and have, in general, lower self-esteem and more health problems (Goodman, Gledhill, & Ford, 2003;Sharp, George, Sargent, O'Donnell, & Heron, 2009;Thompson, Barnsley, & Battle, 2004). The perhaps most disturbing consequence of the RAE was described by Thompson, Barnsley, and Dyck (1999), who found higher incidences of suicide in the younger part of a school entry cohort as compared with their earlier born peers.…”