Educators call for primary school testing to be scrapped
A new report calls for all tests in primary school, including the baseline assessment and phonics...
Reception Baseline
The latest news and views on the Government's controversial decision to introduce the Reception baseline. Due to become law in September 2020, following a trial and a pilot in 2019, our coverage includes pros and cons from both sides of the debate.
Analysis: Schools question need for the new Reception Baseline
Many teachers remain opposed to the Reception Baseline Assessment, which became a legal requirement...
Four-year-olds deliver petition against tests in Reception to Number 10
A petition signed by more than 112,000 parents, teachers and campaigners calling for an end to new...
Reception Baseline - 'Government is misleading parents'
The reality of the Reception Baseline Assessment for children is very different from the...
Coronavirus: Sector raises alarm over measures replacing education 'bubbles'
Concerns have been raised over the changes to Covid measures in early years settings and schools...
Call to scrap the Reception Baseline intensifies
The introduction of Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is ‘misguided’ and should not go ahead in...
Baseline assessment – busting the ‘myth-busters'
After the disruption of coronavirus to pre-school children's lives, they should not be expected to...
Reception Baseline: Overwhelming majority of parents reject testing children starting school - survey
Just 6 per cent of parents think that children should be tested in English and Maths within their...
Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021
The Reception Baseline has been postponed for a year to autumn 2021 due to the ‘challenging...
Labour schools shadow calls for baseline assessment to be cancelled
Shadow Schools Minister Margaret Greenwood is pressing Nick Gibb, School Standards Minister, to...
DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review
Controversial plans to test four-year-olds in English and maths when they start school in September...
Call to scrap the Reception Baseline
More than 2,500 people have signed an open letter to schools minister Nick Gibb, calling for the...
MPs challenge Government over Reception Baseline legislation
Cross-party MPs have argued that a new law, being introduced in Parliament in the coming weeks,...
Editor's view - Baseline wrangles
The arguments over Reception Baseline Assessment are ramping up. Is Reception’s place in the EYFS at...
Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers
Teachers have reiterated a call for the Reception baseline to be scrapped, after a survey found that...
Reception baseline provides 'accurate' assessment for children's progress
The Department for Education has released new research claiming the Reception Baseline Assessment...
Majority of parents concerned about primary school testing
New survey findings reveal that parents think there is too much standardised assessment in primary...
Campaigners dismiss DfE Baseline research
Campaigners calling for the Reception Baseline Assessment to be scrapped have dismissed DfE...
DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores
New research shows that the Reception baseline is an appropriate starting point for measuring...
Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline
Most primary school heads are highly critical about the Government's plans to bring in the Reception...
Hundreds of children and parents march against Reception baseline
More than 200 four-year-olds, their parents and teachers marched to Downing Street today demanding...
Labour will scrap Reception baseline and SATs
The baseline test at age four and primary school testing would be axed under a Labour Government,...
Pre-school children to march on Number 10 in baseline protest
Four-year-olds will march on Downing Street in protest at plans for a Reception baseline assessment....
Editor's view - Reception: a tug of war
The battle for the soul of Reception class practice is growing fiercer and its place in the Early...
Schools call for overhaul of primary school testing
Senior teachers want a 'complete review' of the way pupils are assessed as they say the current...
Editor’s view - Talking about the ‘B’ word
Baseline just keeps returning despite great unpopularity with some and concern about its effects....
Self-regulation dropped from Reception baseline
Self-regulation has been removed from the Reception baseline assessment, following a trial in...
Baseline pilot go-ahead sparks outcry
The move by the Department for Education (DfE) to press ahead with the Reception baseline and invite...
DfE promotes baseline assessment in new video
The Department for Education has uploaded a new YouTube video on the Reception baseline assessment...
Schools invited to pilot Reception baseline as opposition against it grows
Schools can sign up from Friday (1 March) to pilot the Reception baseline assessment, which starts...
Campaigners ramp up pressure against the Baseline
More than a Score launched the next stage of their campaign against the Reception Baseline at the...
More details of Reception Baseline confirmed
The Reception Baseline will focus on children’s literacy and maths, and may include Self-Regulation,...
Damning report finds Reception Baseline not fit-for-purpose, unethical and damaging
The Reception Baseline is ‘flawed, unjustified and wholly unfit for purpose’, according to a report...
Reception baseline trial will take place in September
A trial of the new Reception baseline will go ahead with a number of schools in the autumn.
Unwelcome Reception
Why are more parents of summer-born children requesting a delay to their school start, asks Natalie...
A school waiting room?
From the 30 hours to Bold Beginnings to a new Baseline pilot, the DfE is consistently ignoring our...
Baseline £10m contract goes to NFER despite protests over Reception assessment
The sector has expressed concern that the DfE is pressing ahead with plans for a Reception Baseline...
Teachers vote in favour of opposing the new Baseline
Teachers have voted in favour of campaigning against the Government's plans to introduce a new...
Campaigners publish case against the baseline
A coalition of educational experts, teachers and parents is calling for the Government to abandon...
Ofsted finds Reception class teaching 'failing' a third of five-year-olds
Ofsted is calling on the Department for Education to review the EYFS to ensure it provides...
DfE invites bids to develop and run £10m Reception baseline
The Department for Education has put the contract out to tender for a supplier to develop, pilot and...
Assessment: Reducing children to numbers
Measures of children’s progress – especially one-off assessments such as the baseline in Reception –...
Baseline providers give views on form of new assessment
The Government’s decision to bring back a baseline assessment in Reception, just two years after it...
Reception baseline assessment: dangerous, inappropriate and flawed data
Dr Alice Bradbury and Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes of UCL Institute of Education argue that the policy to...
New baseline check for Reception and revised early learning goals
Education secretary Justine Greening has confirmed that there will be a new baseline measure brought...
MPs urge 'caution' over introducing Reception baseline
The education select committee is calling for a thorough evaluation with early years experts to look...
EYFS Profile and new Reception baseline included in primary assessment consultation
The Government is consulting on introducing a new reception baseline in addition to keeping and...
Campaigners slam reception baseline plans
Early years organisations and teaching unions have welcomed plans to keep the EYFS Profile, but say...
Call for re-introduction of baseline check
A new report recommends the re-introduction of baseline assessments in reception to measure...
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