Children will be assessed using a baseline check when they start Reception, and the EYFS Profile will no longer be compulsory, the Department for Education has confirmed. However, schools will be able ...

The Department for Education is also considering whether any information from the assessment will be shared with schools and parents, as it develops and trials the baseline. This information has been ...

The testing system introduced to measure the progress of reception pupils in England is not fit for purpose, according to a new Government report. Plans to introduce baseline assessments for children ...

Almost 100,000 parents and professionals have called on the government to scrap formal assessments of four-and five-year-olds impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Tests could impact children's ...

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Baseline assessment does not accurately reflect what four-year-olds can do and disrupts their start to school when many are in education for the first time, according to research* carried out for ATL ...

Yasmin Qureshi, MP for Bolton South East, has voiced her concern at baseline tests being introduced for pupils in reception. Some schools are introducing Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA), an ...

The delay has been welcomed by campaigners, however, they are still calling for the controversial testing of four-year-olds to be scrapped completely. The RBA was set to be introduced in September ...