The move by the Department for Education (DfE) to press ahead with the Reception baseline and invite schools to take part in a trial of the assessment, starting in the autumn, has been met with frustration from the early years sector.
As of last week, schools with Reception classes could sign up to take part in the national voluntary trial of the assessment, which will test four- and five-year-olds on their language, communication, literacy and early maths.
Taking place from September, the pilot will be run by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which was awarded the contract last April to design and deliver the widely criticised Baseline assessment. It comes ahead of a national roll-out in September 2020.
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