This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Interim Senior Advisory Teacher EYFS & EYFS Moderation Manager, Sharon Rose, for the attention of all headteachers, assessment leads and Reception staff in maintained primary schools, free schools and academies.
Publication | Reception Baseline Assessment and Reporting Arrangements
Please find below information from the Standards and Testing Agency.
The Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) will be statutory in schools from September 2021. The RBA provides a snapshot of where pupils are when they arrive at school. It will provide a starting point to measure the progress schools make with their pupils between reception and the end of primary school. This will allow the department to take better account of the variations schools will experience in pupils’ starting points. This is especially important in 2021, when COVID-19 will have affected children’s lives in very different ways.
Pupils will complete practical tasks using physical resources, and practitioners will log their responses using an online platform. Pilot analysis showed that pupils took an average of just over 14 minutes to complete the tasks. Schools will receive narrative statements describing what each pupil was able to do.
We have published the Assessment and Reporting Arrangements to be used by headteachers and schools.
Headteachers will receive a short online form to fill out on Monday 17th May. This form will capture key information about the school, and will allow headteachers to nominate an RBA lead to oversee the day-to-day running of the assessment.
Assessment resources will be delivered to schools from Tuesday 8th June.
For general enquiries about the administration of the RBA, please phone 0330 088 4171 or email receptionbaseline@nfer.ac.uk.
Information shared by the Slough Early Years Service
There also specific information in the new Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage P19 and Annex B P44 – 52 that schools, including headteachers and assessment leads must be aware of in preparation for this statutory assessment requirement.
Further information about the RBA will be included in our EY Assessment and Moderation Meeting taking place on Thursday 20th May 4 – 5pm. Please see the link for further details for making a booking for this event.