The national Foundation Stage profile scheme will be introduced from the start of the school year next September and will be based on ongoing assessment and observation of each child. It will replace the 90 or so baseline assessment schemes currently in use and will sum up each child's progress and learning needs in relation to the Early Learning Goals at the end of the Foundation Stage. The profile scheme will be completed during the second half of the summer term.
The Government announced its intention to introduce the scheme earlier this month in both its White Paper, Schools: Achieving Success, and its early years consultation Better Beginnings. The White Paper simply said, 'We will legislate to replace the current baseline assessment arrangements with a single national end of Foundation Stage profile based on the Early Learning Goals.'
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