Nursery World - 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 this autumn.

All schools with Reception classes have been invited to take part in the voluntary national pilot 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 National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which was awarded the contract last April to design and deliver the baseline assessment that becomes statutory next year (September 2020).

According to guidance for schools on the Baseline, children will not ‘pass’ or ‘fail’ the assessment – it will be used to provide a ‘snapshot’ of where they are when they start school in Reception and a measure to see how they have progressed throughout primary school.

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