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STA - An assessment for pupils in reception to measure their progress in primary schools from 2020. STA - Information about the development of an assessment for pupils in reception to measure their progress in primary schools from 2020....

Early education and outcomes to age 4

9th September 2018

Early Years, National Data, Performance Data

DfE - Research into the impact of early education at ages 2 to 4 on child outcomes at age 4, and the importance of the early years home environment....

A Baseline Without Basis: The validity and utility of the proposed reception baseline assessment in England

5th August 2018

Early Years, Primary, Assessment of Learning, Primary school accountability

British Educational Research Association (BERA) - This report sets out the case against the government’s proposal to use a baseline assessment test of pupils in reception to hold schools in England to account for the progress that pupils have made at...

EYFS Profile Pilot

4th July 2018

Early Years, Early Years Foundation Stage Profile

Materials and links for the EYFS Profile Pilot 2018-2019 DfE/Foundation Years - EYFS pilot framework. DfE/Foundation Years - EYFS Profile pilot handbook. Education Endowment Fund - Early Years Foundation Stage Profile pilot. Foundation Years - The EYFS Profile Pilot. Nursery World - New Early Learning Goals released, as...

Reception baseline assessment: information leaflet

5th June 2018

Early Years, Primary

STA - Information leaflet for schools about the new reception baseline assessment....

Is a 'simple' baseline test for four-year-olds about to bring the fight over primary assessment to a head?

17th April 2018

Assessment of Learning, Early Years

TES - Last week, the NEU vowed to disrupt the baseline assessments of four-year-olds. This week, the government announced that NFER had won the contract to begin testing in September 2020. Battle lines have been drawn....

Reception baseline assessment

11th April 2018

Early Years, Performance Data, Primary

STA - Information about the development of an assessment for pupils in reception to measure their progress in primary schools from 2020. DfE - New measure for fairer recording of primary school performance....

Banning teachers’ preferred method of baseline assessment will relieve 'burden', says minister

7th March 2018

Early Years

TES - Early years minister Nadhim Zahawi explains why teacher observations have been ruled out for the new Reception baseline assessment....

Ofsted's call for more teaching in reception year prompts backlash

17th January 2018

Early Years

The Guardian - Robert Winston among signatories of letter warning against moves to increase formal maths and literacy teaching. The Guardian - Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report on reception class curriculum is flawed. TES - Ofsted's Bold Beginnings report is 'flawed' and should be scrapped, says...

Bold beginnings: Reception curriculum in good and outstanding primary schools

5th December 2017

Early Years

Ofsted - This report looks at the Reception curriculum in successful schools and how well it prepared 4 and 5 year olds for the rest of their education and beyond. TES - 'My response to Ofsted's new report on Reception teaching? Best retire now'. TES...

DfE planning to spend £10m on Reception baseline test

22nd November 2017

Early Years, Primary

TES - Department for Education says it wants to see an assessment of pupils' 'self-regulation', alongside communication, literacy and maths. The new baseline assessments for primary school pupils will cost up to £10 million to develop, the government has revealed....