No need to separate twins at school

There is no need to split up twins and put them in different school classes for them to achieve good grades at school.

Twins learning together in the same class has been the subject of debate in recent years, with some experts believing that sharing a classroom will compromise their academic ability.

Now new research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health finds that twins do not need to be separated at school unless there is evidence of behavioural problems by the age of three.