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Reception baseline assessment: information leaflet

Information leaflet for schools about the new reception baseline assessment (RBA).

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Information for teachers: reception baseline assessment

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This leaflet provides information for schools about the RBA.

It includes information about:

  • why it was introduced
  • what it looks like
  • how results will be used
  • the development process
Published 5 June 2018
Last updated 4 September 2023 + show all updates
  1. Updated for the academic year 2023 to 2024

  2. Minor amends to document and GOV.UK page to remove the reference to ‘new’ assessment. 

  3. Updated for the introduction of the 2021 reception baseline assessment.

  4. Updated to note any reference to the reception baseline assessment becoming statutory from 2020 in these documents is now inaccurate. Statutory introduction of the reception baseline assessment has been postponed to autumn 2021.

  5. First published.