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Um, better to be older for his class age than younger. Speaking as a family, me and my siblings were ALL at least 1 year 'young' for our classes as we started schooling in England at age 4 and went into classes based on our academic level when we arrived in Oz. My older brother was about 2 years younger than his class, and struggled mightily all his school life. Academically was just fine, but the social life difficulty was immense and ongoing. Also, boys usually mature a bit slower than girls so this was an added burden. So, given a choice, pick older rather than younger imo.
I’m not qualified to speak (no kids) but yeah apparently this is an actual thing called ‘redshirting’