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The article discusses the investigation concerning the birth order and family size of school-phobic adolescents in Great Britain. The study was conducted to confirm and extend the observation that the youngest in the family tend to have secondary school phobia. The birth order and family size data were obtained from mothers of a hundred school-phobic youngsters through interview. The comparative investigation was also conducted between 91 non-school-phobic admissions and 127 normal secondary school children of similar age. It was realized that school phobics tended to be late in birth order from families with three or more children. The study suggests that the raised maternal age of the school-phobic group may contribute to its etiological importance.