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 ...

Assessments to chart progress of four- and five-year-olds at state school withdrawn due to comparability concerns The Department for Education has halted its controversial attempts to measure the ...

A teachers’ union has criticised the Government’s decision to replace Key Stage 1 SATs with a new one-on-one assessment system for reception-age primary school pupils. The Reception Baseline ...

The Department for Education has put the contract out to tender for a supplier to develop, pilot and oversee the Reception baseline. The new Reception baseline assessment will be statutory for all ...